ERICA coronata.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Er i c a , antheris arifiatis, inclufis; foliis ocloms,
Ircmulentibus, obtuiis, fcabrofis; corollis fpeciofiifimis,
verticillatis, confcrtis, cylindrico-clavatis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Ca u l i s fruticofus, erectas, bipedalis, bafi limpliciliimus,
rami pauci, iimplices, longi.
F o l i a oclona, linearía, obtufa, fupra fcabra,
fubtus fulcata, attcnnata in petiolos longos capillares.
F l o r e s plurcs, fiibterminales, iimpliciter verticillati,
conferti, vifcofi;, pcdunculi longi recurvad;
bradeis tribus iiifirudti.
Ca l y x . Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis
lanceolatis, vifcofis, adpreffis.
C o r o l l a cylindrico-clavata, pollicaria, apice
rccurvata, ima parte profundé carnea, ápice viridia,
ore arctata, laciniis reéíis.
S t a m i n a . Filamenta ocio capillaria; receptáculo
infería, Anthcra; ariílata;, incluía;.
P i s t i l l u m . Germen clavatum, fuícatum.
Stylus filiformis, fubexfertus. Stigma peltatá,
concava, viridia.
Habitat ad Caput Bona; Spci.
Floret a February, in Aprilcm.
It EFE RENT" A.
1. Folium unum, euro petiolo.
1. Calyx, ct Corolla.
3 . Calyx lente aucTus.
4. Stamina, et Piftillum.
5. Stamina a Piilillo didncla; anthcra una
lente aticta.
6. Stylus, et Stigma lente aucra.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
He a t h , with bearded tips, within the hloflbiuthe
leaves grow by eights, are tremulous, bluntended,
and rough; the flowers are moll beautiful,
grow in whorls, arc eylindrically club-fhaped, and
crowded together.
DESCRIPTION.
St em fhrubby, erect, grows two feet high,
fimple at the bafe, with but few branches, which
are iimple, and long.
Le a v e s grow by eights, arc linear, blunt,
rough on their upper, and furrowed on their
under (iirface, tapering into long hair-like footftalks.
The F l o w e r s are numerous, nearly terminating
the branches, in fimple whorls, crowded together,
and clammy; the foot-fialks are long, bent
backward, with three floral leaves.
Em p a l e m e n t . Cup four-leaved, which are
la nee-fh aped, clammy, and prcfial to the blolfom.
Bl o s s om eylindrically club-fhaped, an inch
long, bent back at the point, the lower part of a
ftrong fkfh colour, the end green, comprelleii at
die mouth, whofe tegmenta are ltraighl out.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads fixed into
the receptacle. Tips bearded, and within the
bloffom.
P o i n t a l . Seed-veflel club-fhaped, and furrowed.
Shaft tbread-fhaped, ilmofl without the
bloflbm. Summit fhield-fhaped, concave, and
green.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from February, till April.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf, with its foot-flalk.
2 . The Empalement, and Bloffom.
3 . The Empalement magnified.
4. The Chives, and Pointal.
5. The Chives detached from the Pointal; OfM
tip magnified.
0. The Shaft, and its Summit magnified.