E R I C A canaliculata.
CIIA It A CT F. Tí SPFCIFICÜS.
ERIC*, anlheris muticis, sub-e\ert¡s, n i g r i s ; íloribus
terminalibuB, ternis, pallide purpuréis, cernuis;
caule erecto; foliis ternis, erect is, canaliculate.
D E S C R I P T I O .
CAÜLIB fruticosus, orceins, ferrugineus; rami
et ramuli verlicillali, numcrosi.
F O L I A terna, erecta, obtusa, supra plana, subtus
canaliculata.
FLORES in ultimis ramulis lermiiiales, plerinnque
terui, ilutantes; pedunculi longi, culorati,
bracteis tribus adpressis.
C A L Y X . Pcriaiithium tetraphyllum; foliolis
ovatis, coloratis, adpressis.
C O R O L L A campanulata, pallide purpurea ; nris
laciuiis ovatis, acutis.
S T A M I N A . Filamenla octo, capillaria; anthera:
inulicu-, sub-cxcrta\
P I S T I L L U M . Germen tiaraiforme, sulcatum, ad
basin nectariferum. Stylus filiform^ Stigma
tetra g o num.
Habitat ad Capul Hons Spci.
Floret a mense M a r t i o in Maium,
RF.FF.REN1IA.
1. Pagina inferior Folü lente aucta.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Corolla.
4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, antliera una.
lente aiictñ.
5. Germen et Pislilluin, sligmatc lente aucto.
6. Germen lente aiictum.
S P E C I F I C C H A R A C T E R!
H E A T H , with beardless tips just without the b!o.
som ; flowers terminal, by threes, of a pule py.
pie, nodding; stein upright; leaves by huea
upright, and channelled.
DESCRIPTION".
S T EM shrubby, upright, and rusty ; the lard
and smaller branches are vvhorled, and utim
rous.
LF.AVES by threes, upright, blunt, flat out
upper surface, and channelled beneath.
FLOWERS terminate the ends of the small
branches, mostly by threes, hanging down; fm
stalks long, and coloured, with three floral lean
pressed to them.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved; leaflets
ovate, coloured, and pressed to the blossom.
BLOSSOM bell-shaped, and of a pale [turpi,
segments of the border are egg-shaped, s:
sharp-pointed.
C H I V E S , Eight hair-like threads; tips bm
less, and just without the blossom.
P O I N T A L . Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrow
with honey-cups at their base. Shaft thral
shaped. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month o f March till Mai
R E F E R E N C E .
• 1. The under side o f a Leaf magnified.
§. The Empalement magnified.
3. A Blossom.
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal, cl
tip magnified.
Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified
(j. Seed-bud magnified,