E R I C A cubica.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUB.
ERICA, antheris bafi bicornibus, fub ineluiis;
ftylus longiffimus; corollis fub-campan ulatis,
purpuréis, oiis laciniis patulis, niaximis, ovatis;
foliia fub-quatcrnis, obtnfis.
DF.SCHIPTIO.
CACLIS creóius, teres, ramofus, frulieofus, pcdalis;
rami et ra muí i filiformes, taxi, erecti.
FOLIA quaterna, fa?pe quina, obtufa, reflcxa,
ápice ineurvata, glabra, nitida, fubtus fulcata;
petiolis rubris, adprellis.
FLOHES ftib-terminalcs, umbellali, cernui; pcdunculi
longiffimi, angulali, purpurei, foliolis
binis, coloratis inflméli.
CALYX. Perianthimn tetrapbyllum, foliolis
ovatis, acuminalis, adpreflis, apicibus viridis.
COROLLA globolb - canipanulala, purpurea,
limbo maximo, expanlb; laciniis ovatis, concavis.
STAMINA. Filamenta oelo capillaria, longitudine
tubi, rcccptaculo inferta. Antlierre bifida;,
ad bafin bicornutie.
PISTILLUM. Germcn fub-globofum. Stylus
filiformis, exfertus, corolla duplo longior, purpurcus.
Sligma concavum, marginatum.
Habitat ad Caput Home Spei.
Floret a mcivfi Aprili, in Juliuni.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx, ct Corolla.
2. Calyx lente aucius.
3 . Stamina, et Pi ft ilium.
4. Stamina a Piliillo diducla; anthera uua
lente aucla.
5. Stylus, ct Stigma, lente auola.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEAT H, with tips two-horned at the bafe, nearly
within the bloffoms; fhaft very long; blofToms
almoft bell-fhaped, and purple, having the fegments
of the mouth fprcading, very large, and
e^g-llmpcd; leaves growing moftly by fours, and
blunt ended.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM upright, cylindrical, branching, fhrnbby,
growing a foot high; the larger and fmaller
branches are thread-fhaped, weak, and upright.
LEAVES grow by fours, often by fives, blunt
ended, bent back, and turned inward at the point;
fmooth, fhining, and channelled beneath; footftalks
red, and preffed to the ftem.
The FLOWERS grow near the funimits of the
branches, in bunches, hanging down; having
very long foot-iialks, angled, purple, and two
fmall, coloured leaves on them.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, which are
egg-ihaped, tapered, and preffed to the bloffoni,
the points green.
BLOSSOM globularly bell-fhapcd and purple,
the border very large and fpreading; the fegments
egg-fhaped and concave.
CHIVKS. Eight hair-like threads, the length
of the tube, fixed into the receptacle. Tips twocleft,
and two-horned at the bafe.
POINTA'L. Seed-bud nearly globular. Shalt
tbread-fhaped, without the bloifom, twice its
length, and purple. Summit concave, and bordered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from April, till July.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalemcnt, and Bloffom.
2. The Einpalcment magnified.
3 . The Chives, and Pointal.
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one
tip magnified.
5. The Shaft, and Summit, magnified.
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