ERICA Bruniades.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Er i c a , antheris muticis, exfertis, floribus terminalibus,
feffilibus, fub-ternis; corollis albidis,
urceolatis, teflis calyce lanato; calycis loliolis
ovatis, carneis; folÜs terais, lincaribus, obtuiis,
margine revolutis, pilofis.
D E S C R I P T I O .
Ca u l i s filiformis, fub-crectus, glaber, flexuofus;
rami fílifonncs, villoíi, ramuli capillares,
frequentes, tomentofi.
F o l i a terna, linearia, obtufa; feniora, reflexa,
júniora patentia, margine pilis longis birta.
F l o r e s in extremis ramulis terminales, feffdes,
fub-terni; brafleis tribus, minutis, adprefhs.
Ca l y x , Periantbium tetraphyllum, foliolis
ovatis, concavis, exterioribus totis denfiffime
albo-lanatis, interioribus carneis.
C o r o l l a urceolata, pubefeens, alba, tota tecla
calycc lanato; oris laciniis patentibus, obtufis.
S t a m i n a . Filamenta ocio capillaria. Antheris
mutícis, exfertis, atris.
P i s t i l l u m . Germen turbinatum, pubefeenteni,
ad bafín glandulofum. Stylus filiformis,
íiaminibus paulo longior. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei.
Floret a menfi Fehmarn in Tunium.
REFERENTIA.
I. Folium unum, lente auclum.
1. Calyx.
3 . Calyx, auetus.
4. Corolla.
5. Corolla, auéta.
6. Stamina, et Píftillum.
7. Stamina a Pillillo diduela.
8. Stamm unum, auctum.
Q. Piltillum, auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
He a t h , with beardlefs tips, without the bloflbm,
flowers terminating the fmaller branches, nearly
without foot-ftalks, moftly by threes; blofToms
white, pitcher-fhaped, and covered by a woolly
cup; the leaflets of the cup are egg-fhaped, and
flcih-coloured ; the leaves grow by threes, are linear,
blunt, rolled back at the edge, and hairy.
DESCRIPTION.
S t e m thread-fhaped, nearly upright, fmooth,
and growing zig-zag; the branches arc threadfliaped,
and hairy; the fmaller branches are hatrlike,
numerous, and downy.
Le a v e s grow by threes, are linear, and blunt,
the older ones are bent back, the younger ones
fpreading out, the edge covered with long hairs.
F l o w e r s grow at the extremity of the younger
branches, fitting clofe, and moftly by threes;
three fmall floral leaves, preffed to the cup.
E m p a l e m e n t . Cup of four leaves, which are
egg-fliaped, concave, on their outfides covered
with a thick white wool, and on their infides
ftefh coloured.
Bl o s s om pitcher-fhaped, downy, white, and
covered totally by a woolly cup; the fegments of
the mouth are fpread out, and blunt.
Ch i v e s . Eight hair-like threads. Tips beardlefs,
without the blofiom, and black.
P o i n t a l . Seed bud turban fhape, downy,
and glandular at the bafc. Shaft thread-ihaped,
a little longer than the chives. Summit four cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from February, till June.
REFERENCE.
l. A Leaf, magnified.
'2. The Empalement.
3 . The Empalement, magnified.
4. The Bloflom.
5. The Bloffom, magnified.
6. The Chives, and Pointal.
7. The Chives, detached from the Pointal.
8. A Chive, magnified.
Q. The Pointal, magnified.