ERICA Blandfordia.
C H A R A C T E R SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheria aristatis, inclusis : floribus tubulosis,
brevissimis, sessilibus, luteis, in ramulis
lerininalibus : foliis quaternis, linearibus, glabris
: caulis fruticosus, gracilis, erectus.
D E S C R I P T I O .
C A U L I S sesquipedal is, gracilis, fruticosus,
erectas.
F O L I A quaterna, linearía, obtusa, glabra, supra
plana, subtus sulcata.
FLORES plures, seas ¡les, in ramulis terminales,
plerumquc bini, horizontal iter siti : ad apices
rainorum flores conferti in ramulis brevissimis,
spicam formantes.
C A L Y X . Perianthium tetraphyllum: foliolis
lato-ovatis, ápice virescenlibus, infra pallidioribus
: bracteis duabus adpressis.
C O R O L L A urceolata, lútea, glabra, ore arctata:
laciniis rotundatis, reflexis.
S T A M I N A . Filamenta octo, capillaria; anthera
, aristata?, inclusa?.
PisTii.i.iiM. Germen tiarajfbrme, sulcatum.
Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bona; Spei.
Floret a mense Martio in Juníum.
R E F E R E N T ! A.
1. Calyx lente auctus.
2. Corolla.
3. Stamina et Pistillum.
4. StameD unieuni îente auctum.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
H E A T H , with bearded tips within the blossom:
flowers are tubular, very short, sessile, of a
y e l l ow colour, and terminating the smaller
branches: leaves by fours, linear, and smooth:
stem shrubby, slender, and upright.
D E S C R I P T I O N .
STEM a foot and a half high, slender, shruhhv,
and upright.
LEAVES by fours, linear, obtuse, and smooth,
flat on the upper solace, and furrowed beneath.
FLOWERS numerous, sessile, and terminating
the smaller branches, mostly by twos, in a horizontal
direction : near the end of the larger
branches: the flowers are crowded together on
very short branches, forming a spike.
E M P A L E M E N T . Cup four-leaved ; leaflets are
broadly egg-shaped, greenish at the point, and
paler beneath : with two floral leaves pressed to
them.
BLOSSOM jar-shaped, yellow, smooth, and
narrowed at the mouth.- the segments are
roundish, and reflcxed.
CH I V E S . Eight hair-like threads: tips bearded,
and within the blossom.
P O I N T A L . Seed-hud turban-shaped, and furrowed.
Shaft thread-shaped. Summit fourcornered.
Native o f the Cape o f G o o d Hope.
Flowers from March till June.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement iiiagnilied.
2. A Blossom.
3. T h e Chues ami Pointai.
4. A Chivc magnilied.
5. Seed-hud and Pointai, summit magniûed.
G. Sced-hud magnified.