ERICA calycina.
C H A R A C T E R S P E C I F I C U S.
Er i c a , antheris criftatis, incluíis; foliis ternis;
rami filiformes; corollis minutis, urccoli-formes;
calycis folióla corolla longiora; pedunculis IongiíTimis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Ca u l i s filiformis, fpithamcus, ereclus, ramofilfimus.
F o l i a terna, lanccolata, fupra concava, adprefla,
glabra; petiolis breviífimis.
F l o r e s plores, in ultimis ramulis terminales,
umbellati; pedunculis carneis, longivnmis, bracteis
tribus coloratis irnf.rucr.is.
CALYX. Perianthium tetrapbyllum, fobolis
lato-ovatis, carneis, corolla longiora.
C o r o l l a minuta, urceoli-formis, ápice dilute
carnea, ad bail virefeens; oris laciniis reflexis,
faturatc carneis.
S t a m i n a . Filamcnta ocio capillaría; anihene
criftata?, incluís.
P i s t i l l u m . Germen fub-globofiim. Stylus
fub-cxlertus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bona; Spei.
Floret a meníi Septembri, in Decembrcm.
REFERENTIA
l. Calyx, et Corolla.
1. Corolla.
3 . Calyx lente auclus.
4. Stamina, el Piftillum.
5. Stamina a Pifiillo diducla ; flatbed una
lente aucta.
(J. Stylus, ct Stigma lente, aucta.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
Hea t h , with crefted tips, within the blolTom;
the leaves grow by threes; the branches are threadfhaped,
the bloffoms fmall and pitcher-fhaped;
the leaves of the cup are longer than the flower,
the foot-flalks very long.
DESCRIPTION.
S t em thread-ihaped, grows half a foot high?
upright, and very much branched.
The L e a v e s grow by threes, are lance-fhaped,
concave on the upper furface, prefied to the Item,
and fmooth, having very fhort foot-flalks.
The F l o w e r s are numerous, and terminate
the fmaJler branches in bunches; the foot-flalks
are very long, ilefh coloured, with three coloured
floral leaves.
Em p a l e m e n t . Cup four-leaved, which are
of a broad oval form, flcfli coloured, and longer
than the bloilbm.
The Bl o s s om is fmall, of a pitchcr-fhapc,
light flcm colour at the end, greeniih at thebafe;
the fegments of the mouth are bent back, and
deep ficfh coloured.
Ch i v e s . Eight hair-like threads; the tips
crefted, and within the bloffom,
P o i n t a l . Sced-vefTel nearly globular; the
ihaft thread-fhaped, partly out of the blotTom.
Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from September, till December.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement, and BlolTom.
'1. The BlolTom.
3 . The Empalement magnified.
4. The Chives, and Pointal.
5. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one
tip magnified.
6", The Shaft, and its Summit, magnified.