ERICA campanulata.
C H A R A C T E R S P E C I F 1 C U S.
Er i c a , anthcris inuticis, inclufis; fioribus folitaríÍSj
ccrrmis; calycibus coloratis ; corollis globofo
campanulatis, hitéis; foliis quaternis, linearibus,
anguiíiffimis.
D E S C R Ï P T I O .
Ca u l i s fruticofus, pedalis, ercclus, filiformis;
rami et ramuli filiformes, virgati, glabri.
FOLIA quaterna, linearía, angufta, glabra,
erecta; petiolis breviffimis, adprcfíis.
FLOIIES terminales, fubfolitarii, cernui ; peduncnli
colorati, braceéis tribus, coloratis, fubulatis,
inftrucli.
CA L VX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis
ovatis, acuminatis, concavis, ailpreflis, coloratis.
COROLLA globofo-campanulata, lutea; laciniis
femi-ovatis, fubreflesis.
S t a m i n a . Filamcnta odio, capillaria, incurvata.
Antherse mutica?, incluía;.
PISTILLUM. Germen fub-globofum. Stylus
columnaris. Stigma tetragoimm.
Habitat ad Caput Bona; Spei.
Floret a menli Junii, in Augufium.
R E F E R E N T I A .
1. Calyx, et Corolla.
2 . Corolla.
3 . Calyx, lente auctus.
4. Stamina, et Piltillum.
5. Anthera una, aucra.
6. Piftillum, lente aucrum.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
11 I: ATH, with beardlcfs tips, within the bloiTom ;
flowers grow fingly, hanging down; cups coloured;
blofibms globuhuiy betl-fliaped, and yellow;
leaves grow by fours, are linear, and very
narrow.
D E S C R I P T I O N .
S t e m flirubby, grows a foot high, upright, and
thrcad-fhaped; thb greater and linallcr branches
arc thread-fliapcd, twiggy, and fmooth.
Le a v e s grow by fours, linear, narrow, fmooth,
and upright; very fhort foot-fialks, preflcd to
the branches.
FLOWERS grow mofrly folitary, at the end of
the fmaller branches, hanging down; the footfialks
are coloured, having three awl-fhapeil,
coloured floral leaves on them.
Em p a l e m e n t . Cup four-leaved, leaflets eggfhaped,
pointed, concave, prelled to the bloffom,
and coloured.
Bl o s s o m , globularly bell-ihaped, and yellow;
the fegments half egg-fhaped, and a little reflexed.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, curved inwards.
Tips beardlcfs, and within the bloiTom.
P o i k t a l . Seed-bud nearly globe-fhnped.
Shaft pillar-fhaped. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from June, till Atiguft.
R E F E R E N C E .
i. The Empalement, and Bloflbm.
<l. T h e BloiTom.
3 . The Empalement, magnified.
A. The Chives, and Points!.
5. A Tip, magnified.
6. The Poinlal, magnified.