ERICA coccínea.
C H A R A C T E R S P E C I F I C U S.
Er i c a , antheris muticis, fub-inclufis, ftylus exfertus;
flores in fumitate ramorem, verticillati,
clavati, curvati, coccinei; folióla calycis acuta;
foliis fenis, incurvis.
Ca u l i s ereclus, cinereo-fufcus, pedalis; rami
verticillati, ereer.o-patenr.es, raro ramuíofi.
F o l i a fcna, incurvata,
rlauca; petiolis adpreffis.
uta, glabra, fub-
F l o r e s in fummite ramorum verticillati, conferti,
breviflime pcdunculati, braclex calyciformcs.
Ca l y x . Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis
fubulatis marginibus membranaccis, acutis, carinatts.
C o r o l l a cúrvala, elevata, pubefcens, fanguinca;
oris kciniis ereclis.
S t a m i n a . Filamcnta ocio capillaría, longitudine
tubi. Antlicras muticsc, fub-inclufas.
P i s t i l l u m . Germen turbinatum, fulcatum.
Stylus filiformis, exfcrtus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bona; Spei.
Floret a menti Auguíli, in Dcrembrrm.
R E FE R E N T I A,
1. Calyx, et Corolla.
•2. Calyx lente aiiclus.
3 . Stamina, ct Piflillum.
A. Stamina a Piilillo didncra, antlicra una
lente ancla.
0. Stylus, et Stigma, lente aucla.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
He a t h , with beardlefs tips, juft within the bloffora,
lhaft without; the flowers grow at the end
of blanches in whorls, club-fhaped, curved, and
of a fcarlet colour; the leaves of the cup are
lharp-pointed; the leaves grow by fixes, and arc
turned inwards.
D E S C R I P T I O N .
S t em upright, o f a brownifh afh-colour, growing
a foot high; branches grow in whorls, upright,
and fpreading, feldom branching.
Leaves grow by fixes, turned inwards, lharppointed,
fmooth, and of a bluifh green; the leafflems
preffed to the branches.
F l o w e r s grow in clofe whorls at the top of
the branches; the foot-llalks very Ihort, the floral
leaves appearing like a fecond cup.
Em p a l e m e n t . Cup four-leaved, which are
awl-fhapcd, lkinny at the edgt*, fharp-pointcd,
and kccl-fhaped.
Bl o s s om curved, club-fhaped, downy, and of
a blood colour; the fegments of the mouth am
upright.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, the length
of the tube. Tips beardlefs, and juft within the
bloflbm.
P o i n t a l . Seed-bud turban-fhaped, and furrowed.
Shaft thread-fhaped, and without the
bloflbm. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Fluwcrs from Augufl, till December.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement, and Bloflbm.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3 . The Chives, and Pointal.
.1. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one
tip magnified.
5, The Shaft, and its Summit, magnified.