ERICA racemifera.
CHARACTER SPECIFICÜS.
ERICA, antheris aristatis, incluais; floribus racemosis
; corollis sub-globosis, purpuréis ; foliis
-senis, oblique verticillatis, confertis, tremulis.
DESC HIPTIO.
CAL Lis frulicosus, sub-pcdalis. Rami virgati,
sub-simplices.
F O L I A sena, linearía, confería, oblique vertícillata,
trémula.
FLORES sub-terininales, racemosi, ccrnui, plcrumque
duo, pedunculi* lougíssímis.
C A L Y X . Perianlbiiun tetraphyllum ; foliolis
lanccolatis, bractcis tribus adpressis.
COROLLA sub-globosa, purpurea; oris lacihiis
erecto-patentibus.
STAMINA Filamcuta octo, receptáculo inserta
; antheris aristatis, inelusis.
PisTiLLUM. Germen tiaraforme. Stylus filiformis.
Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bona- Spei.
Floret a mense Aprili ad Juniiim.
REFKRENTIA.
1. Umbella Florum.
8, Calyx lente auetus.
3. Stamina et Pistillum.
4. \nthera lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATU, with bearded tips, within the blossom ;
flowers grow in clusters; blossom nearly globeshaped,
and purple ; leaves by sixes, obliquely
whorlcd, crowded, and tremulous.
D E S C I T L P T I O N .
STEM shrubb\, near a foot high. Brioche!
twiggy, and nearly simple.
LEAVES by sixes, linear, crowded, irregularly
whorled, and tremulous.
FLOWERS nearly terminate the branches in
clusters, hanging down, mostly two together,
with very long fool-stalks.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved; leaflets ianceshaped,
with three floral leaves pressed to the
foot-stalk.
BLOSSOM nearly globular, purple; the segments
o f the border between erect and spreading.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads fixed to the receptacle
; tips bearded, and within the blossom.
POINT AL. Sced-bud tiirban-shapcd. Shaft
thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.
Native o f the Cape o f Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of April till June.
R E F E R E N C E .
1, Aii Umbel o f FIOAVCIS.
9. The Empalement magnified.
3. The Chives and Points]
4. A Chive magnified.
5. The Seed-bud and Pointal, ium.mil magni
lied.
u. The Sced-bud magnified