ERICA Banksia, purpurea.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
E R I C A , antheris muticis, exsertis ; filamente plana,
longissima, comiivcntia ; corollis cylindricis,
luteolo-albis ; oris laciniis saturate purpuréis.
Caulis decumbens. Folia terna.
D E S C R I P T I O .
FRITCX pygnucus, sub-spithamanis, rigidus,
ramosissimus.
F O L I A lerna, subulate, trígona, mucronata;
subtus sulcata ; supra plana, glabra, profunde
v iridia.
FLORES in ultimis rainuHs, terni, oernui ; pedunculis
brevissiuris.
C A L Y X . Periantbium duplex, extenúa triphyllum
; foliolis lanceolatis. rigidis ; interim tetraphyllum,
foliolis longioribus.
C O R O L L V cylindrica, luteolo-alba : oris laciniis
patentibus, saturale-purpureis.
S T A M I N A . Filamenta octo plana, coalcscentia,
tubum formantia ; anthera inutica?, exserta1, patentes.
PisTiLLt'M. Germen tiarffformo. Stylus filiformis.
Stigma tetragonum, concavum.
Habitat ad Caput Bona? Spei.
Floret a mense Augusti in Octobrem
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx lente auctus.
2. Corolla.
3. Stamina et Pistillum.
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucro.
5. Germen lente auclum,
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.,
H E A T H , ' w i t h beardless ti]is, without the blos<
som; the threads are fiat, very long, and closed
together; blossom cylindrical, of a yellowish
white ; the segments o f the mouth are o f a deep
purple. Stein drooping. Leaves by threes.
D E S C R I F T I O N .
A DWARF shrub, scarce a foot high, harsh,
and very much branched.
LEAVES by threes, awl-shaped, three-sided,
and mucronated ; furrowed beneath, and smooth
on the upper surface, fiat, and o f a deep green
colour.
FLOWERS grow by threes at the ends of the
small branches, hanging down, with very short
foot-stalks.
E M P A L E M E N T . Cup double, the outer threeleaved
; leaflets lance-shaped and harsh; the
inner four-leaved, and longer than the outer.
BLOSSOM cylindrical, of a yellowish while;
the segments of the border spreading, and of ;i
deep purple.
C H I V E S . Eight threads flat and close together,
forming a tube ; tips beardless, without the
blossom, and spreading.
P O I N T A L . Seed-bud turban-shaped. Shaft
thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered anil
hollow.
Native o f the Cape o f Good Hope.
Flowers from August till October.
REFERENCE.
1. T h e Empalement magnified,
y. A Blossom.
3. The Chives and Pointal.
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
' ) . Seed-bud magnified