ERICA aspera. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Enica, antheris muticis, inclusis; corollis tubu- 
lato-ventricosis, setis densissime circumsessis, lu- 
teis; foliis quaternis, rigidis, aculeatis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Cautis erectus, bipedalis. Rami pauci; ra- 
muli numerosi, simplices. 
Fours quaterna, lanceolata, aculeata, subtus 
sulco exarata, petiolis adpressis. 
Frores in ramulis terminales, umbellati, terni 
vel seni, cernui; pedunculi brevissimi, bracteis 
tribus, hispidis, subulatis, adpressis. 
Caxyx tetraphyllum ; foliolis hispidis, canali- 
culatis, lanceolatis. 
Corotta tubulato-yentricosa, setis densissime 
circumsessa, pollicaria, ore obsolete quadrifida, 
Stamina. Filamenta octo, capillaria ; anther 
mutice, incluse. 
Pistittum. Germen tiareforme, villosum, al- 
~ Dicans. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bona Spei. 
Floret a mense Octobris in Februarium. 
REFERENTIA, 
1. Folium lente auctum. 
2, Pagina inferior folii lente aucta. 
3, Calyx lente auctus. 
A. Stamina Siducta, anthera unica ene aucta, 
. Germen et Pistllum, stigmate lente aucto. 
6. Germen lente auctum, 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Hearn, with beardless tips, within the blossoms, 
which are of an inflated tubular shape, closely 
beset with bristles, and of a yellow colour; leaves 
by fours, harsh, and prickly. 
DESCRIPTION. 
‘Stem upright, two feet high; branches few, 
the small branches are numerous and simple. 
LrEAves grow by fours, are lance-shaped, 
prickly, and deeply furrowed beneath, foot-stalks 
pressed to the stem. 
Fiowenrs terminate the small branches in um- 
bels of from three to six, nodding ; peduncles 
very short, furnished with three floral leaves, 
hispid, awl-shaped, and pressed to the cup. 
Empatement four-leayed 3; the leaflets are his- 
pid, channelled, and lance-shaped. 
Buossom of an inflated tubular form, closely 
beset with bristles, an inch long ; the mouth i is 
slightly divided into four segments. 
CuIveEs. Eight hair-like threads ; tips beard- 
less, and within the blossom. 
Porntat. Seed-vessel turban-shaped, hairy, 
and whitish. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit 
four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from October till February. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A Leaf magnified. 
2. The under side of a leaf magnified. 
3. The Empalement magnified. : 
4. The Chives detached, one tip magnified. 
» Oo 
. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified, 
6. Seed-bud magnified. = 
