ERICA difcolor.
C H A R A C T E R SPECIFICUS,
ERICA, anthcris ariftatis, ínclufis; flylo cxferto;
corollis tubulofis, f u l x y l i u d r a c c i s ; folüs ternis.
D E S C R I P T I O .
CAULIS thitícoms, tripedalis, teres, erectas,
gracilis, fuperne pubefeens, ramulis iubfunplicibus.
FOLIA terna, linearía, erectO-PATCOTU, fupra
plana, fubtus revoluta, nítida, FATURATE virídia.
FLORES plerumquc tres, fubcernui, RAMEA, terminales,
propc caulis fummitatem.
CALYX. Perianthiurn duplex, interius tetrapbylhim,
foliolis ovatis, crectis, luteo-virentibus:
extertits tripbyllum, foliolis brevioribus priori incumbentibus.
COROLLA tubulofa, fubcylindraeea, ima parte,
carnea, pallida, fumma, flavo-vireíceiilc, limbo
quadvilobo, ¡equali erectiufeulo.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, receptáculo
inferí*. Antberae oblong iulcula?, bipartita?,
incluía:, ariftataí.
PISTILLUM. Germen oblongum, Stylus filifonnis,
corolla longior, ápice inflexo. Stigma
fubtctragonum, virefecns.
Habitat ad Caput Bona: Sped.
Floret a Novembri in Aprilem.
R E F E R E X T I A .
1 . Calyx, ct Corolla.
2. Calyx lente auflus.
3 . Stamina, et Piilillum.
4. Stamina a Piftillo diducla; antbera una
lente aucta.
5. Stylus, et Stigma lente aucla.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
HEATH, with bearded tips within die bloffoni;
the pointal handing out; the bloffom tubular,
nearly cylindrical; leaves growing by threes.
DESCRI PTION.
STEM fhrubby, grow s to three feet high, cylindrical,
upright, flender, downy at the top, the
branches fcldoni divided.
LEAVES growing by threes, linear, between
upright and threading, fmooth on the upper,
and rolled back on the under, furface, Ihining
and dark green.
FLOWERS are commonly three together, bending
a little downward, terminating the branches
near the upper part of the flcm,
EMPALEMENT. Cup double, the inner fourleaved,
ovate, erect, and of a grecnifh yellow:
the outer three-leaved, the leaves fliortcr than the
former, and lying on them.
BLOSSOM tubular, nearly cylindrical, of a light
flefh colour at the bafe, and yellowifh green at
the mouth, which is divided into four equal
nearly creel fegments.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, fixed into
the receptacle. Tips nearly oblong, divided,
bearded, and within the blolfom.
POINTAL. Seed-velfel oblong. Shaft threadfhaped,
longer than the bloffoni, the point bending.
The Summit nearly four-cornered, and
grecnifh.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Time of flowering from November till April.
B E F E B ENCE.
1. The Empalement with the Blolfom.
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.
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