ERICA acuminata. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Enrica, antheris muticis inclusis; corollis sub- 
cylindricis, purpureis; floribus umbellatis, sub- 
terminalibus; foliis quaternis, retortis, acumi- 
natis, glabris. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Cauus fruticosus, pedalis, ramosissimus ; rami 
_ flexuosi, filiformes. 
Fora quaterna, trigona, retorta, acuminata, 
lucida, supra plana, subtus  sulcata; petiolis 
longis, adpressis. 
Frores umbellati, sub-terminales ; pedunculi 
breves, bracteis tribus subulatis instructi. 
Catyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis 
subulatis, carinatis, acuminatis. 
Corot sub-cylindrica, ore arctata, polli- 
caria, purpurea ; laciniis ovatis, revolutis. 
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria; an- 
there mutice, incluse. 
Pistittum. Germen tiareforme, sulcatum, 
superne villosum, ad basin glanduliferum. Stylus 
filiformis. Stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bone Spei. 
Floret a mense Julii in Octobrem. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Folium. 
2. Idem lente auctum. 
3. Calyx lente auctus. 
4, Stamina a Pistillo diducta; antherA und 
lente aucta. 
5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
6. Germen lente auctum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Hearn, with beardless tips within the blossom ;" 
which is nearly cylindrical, and purple; flowers 
grow in umbels, nearly terminal; leaves by 
fours, rolled back, sharp-pointed, and smooth. 
DESCRIPTION. | 
Srem shrubby, a foot high, very branching, 
branches flexuose, and thread-shaped. 
Leaves by fours, three-sided, rolled back, 
sharp-pointed, and shining, flat on their upper 
surface, and furrowed beneath; footstalks long, 
and pressed to the branches. 
Fiowers grow in bunches, nearly terminal; 
footstalks short, and furnished with three awl- 
shaped floral leaves. 
Empatement. Cup four-leaved ; leaflets awl- 
shaped, keeled, and sharp-pointed. 
Buossom nearly cylindrical, narrowed at the 
mouth, an inch long, and purple; the segments 
of the border are egg-shaped, and rolled back. 
Curves. Eight hair-like threads; tips beard- 
less, and within the blossom. 
Porntat. Seed-bud turban-shaped, and. fur- 
rowed, villose on the upper part, and glandular 
at the base. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four- 
cornered. 
_ Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from July till October. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A Leaf. 
2. The same magnified. 
3. The-Empalement magnified. 
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one 
tip magnified. 
5. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 
5. Seed-bud magnified. 
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