E R I C A exíurgens.
CHARACTER SFECIFICUS.
ERICA, ANTHERIS MUTICIS, CXFERTIS; FOLDS QUATERNIS,
MUCRONATIS, APICIBUS REFLEXIS; COROLLIS CLAVATO
CYLINDRACCIS, VERTICILLATIS, AURANTIIS.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS FRUTICOFUS, PEDALIS ET ULTRA, EXECRAS,
BAFI IIMPLICIFFIRANS; RAMI VERTICILLATI, FIMPLICES,
CRCCLI.
FOLIA QUATCRNA, LINEARÍA, GLABRA, APICE REFLEXA,
MUCRONATA, FUPRA PLANA, FUBTUS FULCATA,
UNGUICULARIA, PETIOLIS ADPREFFIS.
FLORES IN MEDIO RAMORUM VERTICILLATI, REÉLI;
VERTICILLI ALTER ALTCRI CXIURGENLES; PEDUNCULI LONGI,
BRAELEIS TRIBUS INFLRUCTI.
CA I.YX. TVRIANLHIUM T ETRAP HY 11 URN, FOLIOLIS
LAUCCOLATIS, ACUMINATIS, CARINATIS, VH'COÍIS, ADPRCFLIS.
COROLLA CLÁVALO-CYLINDRICA, POLLICARIA, AURANTIA;
ORE LIMBO QUADRILOBO REVOLUTO, LACINIIS
FUPERIORIBUS LONGIORI!)US.
STAMINA. FILAMENTA OCIO CAPILLAIIA, RECEPTÁCULO
INFERÍA. ANTHERS: MULICRR, MAGNA;, EXferüE.
PISTILLLM. GERMEN CLAVATTIM, JULEATIIM.
STYLUS FILILBRMIS, FIAMINIBUS LONGIOR. STIGMA TETRAGONNM.
HABITAT AD CAPUT B O N N SPCI.
FLORET A MENFI SCPTCMBRI, IN MARÍIUM.
R E F E R E N T ! A.
I. CALYX, ET COROLLA,
•I. CALYX LENTE M E N U .
3 . STAMINA, ET PIÍHLLUM.
4. STAMINA A PILLILLO DIDUÉLA; ANTBERA UNA
LENTE AMIA.
5. STYLUS, ET STIGMA LENTE ancla.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, WITH BCARDLEFS TIPS, WITHOUT TBEBLOFFOM;
LEAVES GROW BY FOURS, ARE LHARP POINTED, AND BENT
BACK AT THE POINT; THE BLOIFOMS ARE EYLINDRICALLY
CLUB-LHAPED, GROW IN WHORLS, AND ORANGE COLOURED.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM FHRUBBY, RATHER MORE THAN A FOOT HIGH,
UPRIGHT, AND FIMPLE AT THE BAFE; THE BRANCHES
GROW I N WHORLS, ARE FIMPLE AND UPRIGHT.
T H E LEAVES GROW BY FOURS, ARE LINEAR, FMOOLH,
BENT DOWNWARD AT THE POINT, WHICH IS LHARP,
FMOOTH ON THE UPPER, AND FURROWED ON<THE UNDER
FURFACE, HALF AN INCH LONG, WITH THE FOOTFTALKS
PREFLED TO THE BRANCHES.
T H E FLOWERS GROW IN WHORLS ABOUT THE MIDDLE
OF THE BRANCHES, FTRAIGHT OUT; THE WHORLS RIFE
OUT OF EACH OTHER IN FUCCEFFION; THE FOOT-FIALKS
ARE LONG, HAVING THREE FLORAL LEAVES.
EMPALEMENT. CUP FOUR-LEAVED, WHICH ARC
LANCE-ILL APED, TAPERED, KCCL-FHAPCD, CLAMMY, AND
PREFLED TO THE BLOFFOM.
BLOSSOM, EYLINDRICALLY CLUB-FHAPED, AN INCH
LONG AND ORANGE COLOURED; THE FEGMENTS OF THE
MOUTH ARE FOUR, WHICH ARE ROLLED BACK, THE U P PER
LONGER THAN THE LOWER ONES.
CHIVES. EIGHT HAIR-LIKE THREADS, FIXED INTO
THE RECEPTACLE. TIPS BEAIDLCFS, VERY LARGE, AND
WITHOUT THE BLOFFOIN.
POINTAL. SEED-VEFFEL CLUB-FHAPED, AND FURROWED.
SHAFT UIRCAD-FHAPED, AND LONGER THAN THE
CHIVES. SUMMIT, FOUR-CORNERED.
NATIVE OF THE C A P E OF G O O D HOPE.
FLOWERS FROM SEPTEMBER, TILL MARCH.
REFERENCE.
1. T H E EMPALEMENT, AND BLOFFOM.
2. T H E EMPALEMENT MAGNIFIED.
3 . T H E CHIVES, AND POINTAL.
4. T H E CHIVES, DETACHED FROM THE POINTAI; ONE
TIP MAGNIFIED.
5. T H E SHAFT AND ITS S U M M I T MAGNIFIED.
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