E R I C A imbricata.
CHARACTER SPEC I KICUS.
ERICA, antheris niuticis, cadcrtis; corollis urceolatis;
calycibus duplicate, \ifcofis, imbricatis,
coloralis, corolla fub-requantibtis; foliis tern is,
lawibus, truncatis, lincaribus.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fniticofus, ércílus, ipithamseus; rami,
et ramuli frequentiflirni, folioli, erecti.
FOLIA tema, linearía, recia, truncate, plana,
lrcvia, petiolis breviffimis adpreflis.
FLORES in ramulis terminales, fub-tcrni, u n i -
bellati, cernui; pedonculis longiludinc calycis.
CALTX. Perianthium duplicatum, adprcflum,
imbricatum, foliolis ovatií, vifcofis, incamatis.
COROLLA urccolata apicc incarnate, laciniis
obtulis, miiiutis, creclis.
STAMINA. Filamenta o i t o capillaria, incurvata.
Antherrc iiiudca?, exferta;.
PISTILLVJM. Germen fub-rolundum. Stylus
filiformis, longiludinc ltaminum. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bona; Spei.
Floret a menfi Julii, in Octobrem.
REFERENTIA.
I. Calyx, et Corolla.
•2. Corolla, et Stamina.
3. Calyx, lente auetus.
4. Stamina a Piftillo diducta; antliera una
lente aucta.
5. Stylus, et Slignia, lente aucra.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardlefs tips, without the blotfoms,
which arc pitcher-fhaped; cups doubled,
clammy, tiled, coloured, and aim oft the length
of the blotToms; leaves g r ow by threes, even, appearing
cut o f f at t h e p o i n t , and linear.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM ihrubby, upright, a fpan high; the
larger and tinallcr branches arc numerous, c o vered
with leaves, and upright.
LEAVES g r ow by threes, flraight out, appearing
cut off at the point, flat, even, and h a v i n g their
foot-fialks preifed to the branches.
FLOWERS grow in bunches, generally three
together, at the ends of the fmaller branches,
hanging downward; the foot-fialks the length of
d i e cup.
EMPALEMENT. Cup double, preffed t o the
bloffom, tiled; the leaves are e g g-fhaped, clammy,
and flefli-coloured.
BLOSSOM pitcher-fhaped, flefh-coloured at the
mouth, w h i c h has its fegmcnts blunt, fmall, and
upright.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, bent inwards.
Tips beardlefs, and without the bloffom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud nearly round. Shaft
thread-fhaped, the l e n g th of the chives. Summit
four-cornered.
Native o f the Cape of G o o d Hope.
Flowers from July, till October.
REFERENCE.
1. Empalement, and Bloffom.
2. T h e Bloffom, and Chives.
3. T h e Empalement, magnified.
4. T h e Chives detached from the P o i n t a l ; one
tip magnified.
5. T h e Shaft, and its Summit, magnified.