ERICA caffra.
C H A R A C T E R S P E C I F I C U S.
Er i c a , antheris ariftatis, incltifis, ftylo exferto;
corollis cam panul atis, albltlis; floribus umbellatis,
fecundis, cernuis, odoratifTimis ; foliis quaternis,
linearibus, fcabridis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Ca u l i s fructicofus, pedahs, rami ct ramuli
erecti, cinereo-tomentofi, rigidi.
F o l i a quaternaj linearía, obtura, iubciliata,
fcabrida, patentia ; petiolis breviflimis, adprciïis.
F l o r e s in ramis fupremis racemofi, fectmdi,
cernui, umbellati; pedunculi breviffimi, bracteis
tribus minutis inítruíti.
C a l y x . Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis
acuminatisj breviflimis, glabris, adpreffis.
C o r o l l a campanulata, minuta, odoratiíTima,
alba; laciniis ereétis, apieibus paruin rcflexis.
S t a m i n a . Filamenta ocio capillaria, ápice
curvata. Antheras ariftatae, indu fe.
PiSTiLLüM. Germen fub-globofum, fulcatum.
Stylus exfertus. Stigma letragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonas Spei.
Floret a menu Octobris, in Februarium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium unum, lente auctum.
2 . Calyx, et Corolla.
3 . Calyx, lente auctus.
4. Stamina, lente aucta.
5. Pittillum, lente auctum.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
HEATH, with bearded lips, within the bloflbm ;
the fluff without; the bloflbms bell-fhaped and
while; flowers grow in bunches, pointing all
one way, nodding and very fwcet; leaves grow
by fours, linear and rough.
D E S C R I P T I O N .
S t e m (hrubby, growing a foot high, the larger
and fmaller branches grow upright, of an alh
colour, downy and harm.
Le a v e s grow by fours, linear, obtufe, a
little hairy, roughifh and fpreadiug; with very
fhorl foot-ftalks, prclfed to the branches.
F l o w e r s grow on the upper branches in
loofe Ipikes, pointing one way, nodding and in
bunches; the foot-ftnlks very lhort, having
three fmall floral leaves.
EmpAl k m b n t . Cup of four leaves, which
arc tapered, very fhort, fmooth and prellcd to
the blofTom.
Bl o s s o m , bcll-fhapcd, fmall, fweet-fecnted,
and white; the tegmenta upright, with the points
a little bent outwards.
Ch i v e s . Eight hair-like threads, curved at
the end. Tips bearded, and within the bloffoin.
P o i n t a l . Seed-bud nearly globular and furrowed.
Shaft without the blofTom. Summit
four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from October, till February.
R E F E R E N C E .
1. A Leaf, magnified.
2 . The Empalement, and Bloflbm.
3 . The Empalement, magnified.
A. The Chives, magnified.
5. The Pointai, magnified.