E R I C A aristata.
C IIARACTEE SPECIFICUS.
E R I C A , autheris basi bicornibus, incluais; florîbus
umbellalis, sub-ampullaceis, lucidis, viscosis,
striatis; foliis quatemis ct quiñis, rctortis,
lucidis, aristatis ; caulc hiimili.
DESCRIFTIO.
G A U L I S fruticosus, vix pedalis, ramosus; rami
et ramuli fiexuosi, filiformes.
F O L I A quaterna et quina, sub-trigona, revoluta,
lucida, subtus sulcata.
FLORES in ramis terminales fasciculate plerumque
quaterni ; pedunculi longi, colorati,
bracteis tribus Ianccolatis instructi.
C A L Y X tetraphyllum ; foliolis lanceolatis, viscosis,
adpressis.
C O R O L L A inflato-tubulosa, ore arctata, saturate
purpurea, pollicaría, lucida, laciuiis rotundatis,
expansis, albicantibus.
STAMINA. Filamenta acto capillaria ; antheris
incluais, basi bicornibus.
PISTILLUM. Germen oblongum, sulcatum.
Stylus exertus, albus. Stigma tctragoniiin.
Habitat ad Caput Bonie Spci.
Floret a meóse Noveinbris in Januarimn.
iterumque iueunte aestate.
REFERENTIA.
1. Folium lente auclum.
2. Folii inferior pars lente aucta.
3. Calyx lente auctus.
4. Stamina di duc ta, autherä única lente aucííí.
SI'EC 11' 1C CHARACTER.
H E A T H , with tips two-horned at their base,
within the blossoms; flowers grow in umbels,
nearly flask-shaped, shining, clammy, and striped;
leaves by fours and lives, rolled back, shining,
;uul bearded; stem low.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, scarce a foot high, branching;
the small and large branches are flexuose, and
thread-shaped.
L E A V E S by fours and fives, nearly three-sided,
rolled back, shining, and furrowed beneath.
F L O W E R S terminate the branches in hunches,
mostly in fours; footstalks long, coloured, and
furnished with three,lance-shaped floral leaves.
E M P A L E M E N T four-leaved; leaflets lanceshaped,
viscous, and pressed to the blossom.
BLOSSOM of an inflated tubular form, narrowed
at the mouth, which is of a deep purple,
an inch long, and shining; the segments of the
border are rounded, spread, and white.
CH I V E S . Eight hair-like threads; tips within
the blossom, and two-horned at their base.
PoiNTAL. Seed-bud of an oblong form, and
furrowed. Shaft \i ithout the blossom, and white
Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from November till January, and
again early in summer.
B BFE HENCE.
1. A L e a f magnified.
2. The underside of a leaf magnified.
3. The Empalement magnified.
4. The Chives detached, one tip magnified.
5. Seed-bud and Poinlal, summit magnified
6. Seed-bud magnified