ERICA jafmmiflc
CHARACTER BPECJFICUS,
E R I C A , niuheris bafl bicornibus, inclufis; ilylo '
exferto; corollis unpullaceis, fcuquipoUicaribus,
laeJiúis cordaüs, patenübus; floribus fubternis;
fbliis iemis, trigone, lubulatis, patcnti-erecTi«.
•rmis, ereétus; rami furipliciffirni,
gine {errata, baíi adprcfia, apiccm verfus patula, -v
fex&riarfl imbricaia.
FLORES terminales, fub-terni, horizontales,
umbellaüi pcduuculi purpurei, bracieis tribus,
ovarás, coloFatis, inftructi.
CALYX. Perianthium telraphyllnm, foiiolis
ovatis,' vifeofis, purpuréis.
C O R O L L A vilcofa, fefquípollicaris, fumma cylindracea,
ad baiin innata, ore arélala; laciniis
expanfís. fub-ovatis, maximis.
STAMINA. Filamenta ueto capillaria; antherte
bafi bicornes, ápice acuminata, inc!uf¡e.
PISTILLUM. Germen ovatum, fulcaiurn. Stylus
filifonuis, exíertus. Stigma Urtragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bous Speí.
Floret a mentí,julii, in fx ivembrcm.
REFERENTIA.
]. Folium unum, lente auétum.
H. Calyx, lente auctus.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
rlsATH villi lips two homed ,at the bate an '
*i(lun the bloffoin, the ibaft without; blofihr.:
rlatk-ihaped, an inch and a lialf long, the ii,i
joenb lieart-fhaped and fpreading; flowers gn.w
ing by threes moftly; leaves grow by threes, J,<
thrce-fided, awl-Ihaped, upright and fprc3di:n
DESCRIPTION.
ST KM thread-fliaped and upright; thebranchi'
are quite Ample, thread thaped, long, and (bread
LEAVES grow by threes, are three-fided, fharj..
awl-lfcnpcd, faweil at die edge, preffed to the
item at die bale, ijmariing towards the end, Kat9
forming fx angles.
FLOWT-IIS terminate the branch.3 generally b)
threes, grow horizontal, and in bunches; the
ibot-flalks are purple, h.u ing three oval, coloured
fioial leaves.
E M P A L E M E N T . Cup of four leaves, whiur.
arc egg-fhaped, clammy, and purple.
BLOSSOM, clammy, an inch and a half long,
the upper part cylindrical, fwelled at the bafc.
and pin, bed in at the mouth; 'the fcgmeni5
fpreading, nearly egg-fhaped and very large.
C H I V E S . Eight hair-like threads. Tips tw
horned at the bale, lapcrcd to the points wot
within ihebloflbm.
POIN i A L . Seed-bud egg-ihapcd and- fur
rowed. Shaft thread-fhaped and without ;h>
bloflbm. Summit four-comcred.
Native of the Cap'' of Good Hope.
Flowers from July; till November.
R E F E R E N C E .
I, A Leaf, magnified.
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