ERICA droferoides.
CHARACTER SPECIFIC US.
ERICA, anthcris criftatis, inclufis: corolla vcntricofa,
ore obliqua, purpurea; pedunculis c o -
loratis, Inngiffimis; folfis allernis, fparfis, obtufis,
p i l i s glandulolis micantibua hiitis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS ereclus, fpilhameus, rami ct ramuli
filiformes, fparfi, ereclo-patenti, virgati.
FOLIA alterna, iparla, linearía, obtula, apice
rcfiexa, pilis glandulolis hirta.
FLORES terminales, fiib-umbellati, lub-erccti;
pcdiinculi filiformes, foliis duplo loilgiores;
braclca; minuta;, colorata;.
CALYX. Perianthium tctraphjllum, foliolis
fub-ovatis, vifeofis, acuminatis, colorafis, apicibus
rellexis.
COROLLA ventricofa, purpurea, coilata, p u -
befcentJa, ore obliqua, arclata, profunde fanguinca,
laeiniis cordatis, expanfis.
STAMINA. Filamente ocio capillaria, torta,
receptáculo infería. àntheroe criftata;, incluía;.
PI s T11. LI* M. Germen clavatum, fulcat urn.
Stylus filifonriis, purpureus. Stigma tclragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bona; Spei.
Floret a m e n u Julii, in Oetobrem.
REFERENT1A.
1. Calyx, c t Corolla.
2. Calyx lente auclus.
3 . Stamina, et Piftülum.
4. Stamina a Piflilio diducia; ant liera u na
lente aucla.
5. Stylus, et Stigma, lente ancla.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, w i t h crelted lips, WITHIN the bloflom,
which is b i g - b e l l i e d , oblique mouthed, and purp
l e ; the foot-fialks an: coloured, and very long;
leaves grow alternate, fcattcred, blunt, and thick
w i t h mining, glandular hairs.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM upright, about a (pan high, the larger
and Irnaller branches are thrcad-fhaped, fcattcred,
upright, threading, and twiggy.
T h e LEAVES grow alternate, fcattcred, linear,
blunt, the e nd bent back, and thick with glandular
hairs.
The FLOWERS are terminal, nearly in bunches,
almolt upright; the fool-italks ate thrcad-fhaped,
and twice as l o n g as the leaves; the floral leaves
arc linall, and coloured.
EMFAL1MIFTT Cup four-leaved, which arc
nearly egg-fhaped, clammy, pointed, coloured,
and bent outward at t h e t o p.
The BLOSSOM big-bellied, purple, ribbed, and
downy, with the mouth oblique, narrowed, and
o f a deep blood colour; the fegments are heartihaped,
and !preading.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, which arc
twifted, and fixed into the receptacle. The tips
arc crelted, and w i t h i n the bloffom.
POIKTAL. Sccd-veifel club-fhaped, and furrowed.
Shalt thread-ihaped, and purple. Summit
four-cornered.
Native of t h e Cape o f G o o d Hope.
Flowers from July, till Oclobcr.
REFERENCE,
1. T h e Em pa lenient, and Bluilbm.
2. T h e Empalement magnified.
3. T h e Chives, and I'ointal.
4. T h e Chives detached from the P o i n t a l ; one
t ip magnified.
5. T h e Shaft, and its Summit, magnified.