PERICA Irbyana.
C H A R A C T E R B P E C I F I C U S.
ERICA, anlheris basi bicornibus, inclusas'. stylo
sirbexcrto : floribus lerniinalibus : pcdunculis
Iongissimis : corollis albis, anipullaceis, viscosis:
foliis tcrnis, trigonis, subulalis.
D E S C U I P T I O .
CAITLIS pedal is, cree tus: rami longi, subsimpHces,
FOLIA terna, trígona, subulata, recta: ápice
mucronato, supra plano, subtus carinalo,
FLORES terminales iu umbellis quiñis vel decern
: cuín peduneulis Iongissimis rubris, patentibus
\cl ceñíais.
CALYX. PerUnthiura letrarlnlhim: foliolis
laaceolatis, carinatis, acutia, viscosis.
COROLLA alba, ad basin caraca, glulinastssiraa,
pollicaris. lucida, sumiuutim cvlindracea. ad
basin innata ; ore are tata, laciuiis expansis, subovatis.
STAMINA, Füamenta octo capillaria, teuuissiina,
torta: antliera' basi bicornes, ápice acuminata',
inclusa;.
PisTii.LVM. Germen ovatum, sulcatum. Stvlus
iililbruiis, sub-eAcrtus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bona; Spei.
Floret a iliense Juuii in Oetobrem.
II E F R R R X T ] A .
I, Folium tente auction.
•2, Idem ¡ib infera parte depictum, dissectum,
et lente auctum.
3. C a lw et Brae tes.
4. Stamina et l'isliílum, authciá única lente
auctá.
5. Pislillum et Germen, stigmate lente aucto.
0. Germen lente auctum.
S P E C I F I C C H A R A C T E R.
HEATH, with lips two-horned at the base, within
the blossom: shaft just without: flowers terminal:
peduncles very long: blossoms white,
flask-shaped, and clammy: leaves by threes,
three-sided, and awl-shaped.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM a foot high, upright: branches long,
and nearly simple.
LEAVES In threes, three-sided, awl—haped,
and straight, with a mucronated point flat on
the upper surface, and keeled beneath.
FLOWERS terminate the branches in umbels of
five to ten (lowers, with very long red footstalks,
spreading or nodding.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved: leaflets lance-
-haped, cariuatcd, sharp-pointed, and viscous.
BLOSSOM while, flesh-coloured at the base,
and extremely glutinous, an inch long, and
shining, cylindrical on the upper part, and
swelled out at ihe base, narrowed at I he mouth,
with the segments spreading, and nearlv eggshaped.
CHIVES Eight hair-like threads, very slender
and twisted: tips two-horned at the base,
pointed a! the end, and within the blossom.
POINT A L. Secd-bud egg-shaped, and furrowed.
Shall thread-shaped, and just without
the blossom. Summit four-cornered,
Native o f the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from June till October.
K F . F E R F . N C E .
I . A Leaf magnified.
U. The same shown from Ihe underside, cut
in two, and magnified.
3. The Em pale meal and floral haves.
4. Chives and Poinlal, one tip magnified.
j . Poinlal and Seed-hud, summit magnified,
(i, Seed-hud magnified.