ERICA calycina, minor.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
E R I C A , anthcris eristatis, inclusis. Folia torna.
Rami filiformes. Flores temi, minuti, urceolati,
saturate carnei. Calvéis folióla corolla
longiora.
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C A D LIS tiliformis. spithamaïus, ereeto-palens,
ramosUshuus.
F O L I A terna. lanceolata, subtus sulcata, supra
plana, glabra, atlpressa.
FLORES terni, in ultimis ramulis terminales.
Pedunculi carnei, bracteis tribus minutis coloratis
instructi.
C A L V X , Perianthium tetraphyllum ; foliolis
spathulalis, carneis, corolla longioribus.
C O R O L U minuta, iireeolata, saturate earnea.
ad basin pallida ; oris laciniis patentibus.
S T A M I N A . Fi lamenta orto, capillaria ; anllieris
cristatis, inclusis.
P I S T I L L L ' M . Germen tianrlbrme. Stylus inclusiis.
filiformis. Stigma tetragonum, reflexum.
Habitat ad Caput Bona> Spei.
Floret a même Juliï in Octobrem.
R LTERENTIA.
1. Folium auctuin.
2. Calyx et Corolla.
3. Calyx lente auclus.
4. Corolla.
5. Stamina a Ptslillo diducta.
(ï. Stamen uniim lente aucttim.
7. Genucu et Pistillum, stigmate lente alicto.
8. Cermen lente auctuin.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
H E A T H , with crested tips, within the blossom,
Leaves by threes. Branches thread-shaped. The
flowers g r ow by threes, are small, pitcher-shaped,
and of a deep flesh colour. The leaves of the
cup are longer than the flower.
D E S C R I P T I O N .
STEM thread-shaped, a span high, between
erect and spreading, and wry much branched.
LEAVES by threes, lance-shaped, furrowed beneath,
flat on the upper surface, smooth, and
pressed to the branches.
FLOWERS grow by threes, and terminate the
smaller branches. The footstalks are fleshcoloured,
and furnished with three; small coloured
floral leaves.
E M P A L E M E N T . Cup four-leaved; the leaflets
arc spathula-shaped, flesh-coloured, and longer
than the blossom.
BLOSSOM very small, pitcher-shaped, o f a deep
flesh-colour, and pale at the base ; tin; segments
o f the border spreading.
C H I V E S . Eight hair-like threads ; tips crested,
and within the blossom.
P O I N T A I . . Seed-bud turban-shaped. Shall
within the blossom, and thread-shaped. Summit
four-angled, and rolled back.
Native of the Cape o f Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of JuU lill October,
it BFB K r. NCE.
1. A Leaf magnified.
2. The Empalement and Blossom,
3. The Empalement magnified.
•1. A Blossom.
5. The Chives and Pointai, detached from the
blossom.
fî. A Chive magnified.
7, Seed-bud and Pointai, summit magnified
8. Seed-bud magnified,