ERICA metulseflora.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
E R I C A , antberis basi bicomibus, incluais : floribus
terminalibus : corolUs metubeformibus : fouis
quaternis vel quiñis. Caulis fruticosus.
DF.SCIIIFTIO.
C U L I S podalis el ultra, crectus, fruticosus:
ramis conferlis, in vertícillía irregularibus.
F O L I A quaterm et quina, glabra, linearia,
obtusa, adsccndeutia.
FLORES in urabelUl terminalibus, conferlis :
pedune ulis Lrcvibus.
C A L Y X . Perianth ¡um te'raphvllum : foliolis
lanceolatis, in medio canaliculars, adpressis.
COROLLA tubulosa, oblonga, rosacea : limbo
equali : laciniii semi-orbiculatís, patentibus,
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, receptáculo
inserta. An Ibera; basi bicornes, inclusa?.
P I S T I L L L M . Germen tiara-forme, pilosum, sulcatum.
Habitat ad Caput lîonoe Spci.
Floret a iliense Septembri in Aprileni.
REFF.RENTIA.
1. Calyx lente auctus.
2. Stamina à Pistillo diducta, antberâ una
lente auetâ.
3. Germen et Pislíllum, stigmate lente aucto.
4. Germen lente auetom.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with tips two-horned at the base, and
within the blossom. Flowers terminal. Blossom
skittle-sliaped. Leaves by fours and fives.
Stem shrubby.
DESCRIPTION.
STEAI a fool or more high, erect, shrubby.
Branches crowded, in irregular whorls.
LEAVES by fours and fives, smooth, linear, obtuse,
and ascending.
FLOWERS terminate the branches iu crowded
umbels. Footstalks short.
EMPALEMENT. Cup of four leaves; leaflets
lance-shaped, channelled in the centre, and
pressed to the blossom.
BLOSSOM tubular, oblong, and rose-coloured :
border equal: segments half-round, and spreading.
CmtEs. Fight hair-like threads inserted into
the receptacle. Tips two-horned at the base,
and within the blossom.
P o i \ T A L . Sced-bud turban-shaped, hairy, and
furrowed.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from September till April.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement magnified,
2. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one
tip magnified.
3. Secd-bnd and Pointal, summit magnified.
4. The Seed-bud magnified.