ERICA cernua.
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, inclufis ; floribus umbellatis,
ccrnuis, fecundis, fub-ovatis, pallidecarneis;
foliis quaternis.
D E S C R I T T I O .
Ca u l i s fruticofus, crecíais, pedalis; rami
fub-fimplices, ereélo-patcnti.
F o l i a quaterna, lincaria, obtuía, fubtus íulcata,
fub-fcabrida ; petiolis breviífimis, adpreflis.
F l o r e s in ápice ramorem umbellati, cernui;
pedúncidi longi, colorati, bracteis tribus, linearibus,
iníirucYi.
Ca l y x . Perianíhium tctrapbyllum, foliolts
minutis, fubulatis, ciliatis, coloratis.
C o r o l l a fub-ovata, pallide-carnea; laciniis
limbi acuminatis, fub-ere£tís.
S t a m i n a . Filamcnta ocio capillaria, ápice
introrfum declinata. Antheras enflatas, incluía?.
Pi s t i l l l - m . Germen turbinatum, fulcatum.
Stylus cylindricus, iub-inclufus. Stigma obfolctc
tetragon um.
Habitat ad Caput Bonse Spei.
Floret ameníi Auguíii in Dccembrem.
K K F E R E K T I A .
1. Calyx, et Corolla.
1. Calyx, lentc auctus.
3 . Stamina, a Piflillo diducla, anthcra una
lente aucla.
A. Gcrmen, Stylus, ct Stigma, lente aucta.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
He a t h , with erefied tips, within the bloffom;
the flowers grow in bunches, nodding, all pointing
one way, nearly egg-lhaped, and of a pale
flefh colour; leaves growing by fours.
D E S C R I P T I O N .
S t e m fhrubby, upright, and grows a foot high ;
the branches arc almoft Ample, upright, and
fpreading.
Le a v e s grow by fours, linear, blunt, channelled
beneath, and roughifh; having very ihort
foot-ilalks prefled to the branches.
F l o w e r s grow in bunches, at the end of the
branches, nodding; the foot-ftalks are long and
coloured, with three linear floral-leaves on them.
Em p a l e m e n t . Cup of four leaves, which
are fmall, awl-fhaped, fringed, and coloured.
Bl o s s o m , nearly egg-fhaped, of a pale flefhcolour;
the tegmenta of the border tapered, and
nearly upright.
Ch i v e s . Eight hair-like threads, bent downward
on the inner fide. Tips crefled, and within
the bloffom.
P o i n t a l . Seed-bud turban-fliaped, and channelled.
Shaft cylindrical juft within the bloffom.
Summit oblcurely four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from Augufl, till December.
R E F E R E N C E .
1. The Empalement, and Bloffom.
2. The Empalement, magnified.
3 . The Chives detached from the Pointai, one
tip magnified.
A. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit, magnified.