ERICA cruenta.
C H A R A C T E R SPEC1FICUS.
ERICA, anthem ariftatis, fub-inclufis, foliis qual
urn is, corollis fub-tcrnis, glabns, clavato-cyiindricis,
pollicaribus; fnturate fanguineis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Ca u l i s frulicofus, bipcdalis, crcctus; rami
erect i, ramuloii; ramulia breviliimis, frequentiflimis.
F o l i a quaterna, linearía, glabra, nitida, faturate
viridia, petiolil bruviflimis, adprcflis.
F l o r e s in ramulis terminales, prope card is
Tummitatem, racemum quali formantes longum;
pedunculi longi, bracteis tribus ad balin infiructi.
Ca l y x . Pcriandiium tctraphyllum, foliolis
lanceolatis, ferratis, adprefiis.
C o r o l l a clavato-cylindrica, glabra, cruenta,
poLliearis; oris laciniis rccUs, obtuiis.
S t a m i n a . Filamcnta octo capillaria, receptáculo
inferta; anthera; ariftatae, lub-inclufas.
P i s t i l l u m . Germen fub-ovatum, fulcatum.
pubefcens; ft\ lus exfertus; ftigma tctragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonac Spci.
Floret a menfi AuguiU, in Decembrem.
REFER EN TIA.
1. Calyx, ut Corolla.
'2. Calyx lente aucTus.
3 . Stamina, et Piftilhim.
A. Stamina a Piilillo diducta; anthera una
lente aucta.
5. Stylus, et Stigma, lente au ¿ta.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
Hea h i , whofe tips are bearded, and juft within
the blofibm; the leaves grow by fours, the flowers
moflly by threes, and are fmooth, cjdindrically
club-fhapcd, an inch long, and of a deep blood
colour.
D E S C R I P T I O N .
St em fhrubby, grows two feet high, and upright;
the branches grow upright, having many
fmaller branches, which arc thick fct, and very
fhort.
The L e a v e s grow by fours, arc linear, fmooth,
mining, and of a deep green, having very fhort
foot-fialks, prefTcd to the ftem.
The F l o w e r s terminate the fhortcr branches
near the fummit of the Item, forming as it were
a long bunch; the foot-lralks are long, having
three floral leaves at their bafe.
Em p a l e m e n t . Cup four-leaved, which arc
lance-fhapcd, fawed, and preffed to thcbloffom.
The Blossom is cylindrically club - fhaped,
fmooth, blood colour, and an inch long; the
fegmcnts of the mouth are obtufe, and flraight.
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, fixed into
the receptacle; the tips are bearded, and juit
within the bloffom.
P o i n t a l . Seed-vetTel nearly egg-fhaped, furrowed,
and downy; Shaft without the blufibni;
Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from Auguli, till December.
REFERENCE.
1. Empalement, and Bloffom.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3 . The Chives, and Pointal.
4. The Chives, detached from the Pointal; one
tip magnified.
5. The Shaft, and its Summit, magnified.