ERICA australis.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, anthcris cristatis inclusis, corollis cylindraceo
urceolalis, pallide purpuréis, fragrantibus;
floribus tcrmiualibus; i'olii- quaternís.
DESCRIFTIO.
CAL LIS crectus, fruticosus, ramosus. bipedalis;
rami et ramuli filiformes.
FOLIA quatenia, obtusa, curvata, subtus sulcata.
FLORES terminales, in ramulis numero sis, quaterui,
pedunculia brcvibus.
CALYX. Perianthium duplex, exterius triphvlluin
: foliolis ovatis, ad interiores ndpressis,
imbricatis ; interius tetraphyllum, foliolis majoribus,
fmibriatis.
C O R O L L A cylindraceo-urceolatu, odorata, pallide
purpurea ; laciniis revolutis.
STAMINA. Filainenta octo capillaria ; anthers?
cristata-, inclusa?.
PisTiLLiM. Germen tiara^forme, tcnuissime
lani tec ta, ad basin nectariferum. Stylus filiformis.
Stigma letragonum.
Habitat in Lusitauia.
Floret a tncnse M a r t i o in Julium.
R E FERENTIA.
1. Inferior pars Folii lente aucta
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Corolla.
4 . Stamina et Pistillum corolla diducla, antherá
única lente auctá.
5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
b. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
H E A T H , with crested tips within the blossoms,
which are of a cylindrical pitcher-shape, pale
purple, and sweet-scented; flowers terminal;
leaves by fours.
DESCRIPTION.
S T E M upright, shrubby, and branching, two
feet h i g h ; the larger and smaller branches are
thread-shaped.
LEAVES by fours, blunt-ended, curved, and
furrowed beneath.
FLOWERS terminate the numerous small
branches, by fours, with short footstalks.
E M P A L E M E N T . Cup double ; the outer one is
three-leaved ; leaflets egg-shaped, pressed to the
inner ones, and tiled; the inner is four-leaved,
with larger leaflets, and fringed.
BLOSSOM cylindrically pitcher-shaped, sweetscented,
and of a pale purple; segments o f the
border are rolled back.
C H I V E S . Eight hair-like threads; tips crested,
and within the blossom.
P O I N T A L . Seed-bud turban-shaped, slightly
covered with wool, with honey-cups at the base,
Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.
Native o f Portugal.
Flowers from the month of March till July.
REFERENCE.
1. T h e under side of the Leaf magnified.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. A Blossom.
4. The Chives and Pointal detached from the
blossom, one tip magnified.
5. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified
t> Seed-bud magnified.