ERICA australis. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Enica, antheris cristatis inclusis, corollis cylin- 
draceo-urceolatis, pallide purpureis, fragrantibus ; 
floribus terminalibus; foliis quaternis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Cauuis erectus, fruticosus, ramosus, bipedalis ; 
rami et ramuli filiformes. 
Fouts quaterna, obtusa, curvata, subtus sul- 
cata. 
Frores terminales, in ramulis numerosis, qua- 
terni, pedunculis brevibus. 
Catyx. Perianthium duplex, exterius tri- 
phyllum ; foliolis ovatis, ad interiores adpressis, 
imbricatis ; interius tetraphyllum, foliolis majo- 
ribus, fimbriatis. 
Corotta cylindraceo-urceolata, odorata, pal- 
. lide-purpurea ; laciniis revolutis. 
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria ; anthere 
cristate, incluse. 
Pistittum. Germen tiareforme, tenuissime 
lana tecta, ad basin nectariferum. Stylus fili- 
formis. Stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat in Lusitania. 
Floret a mense Martio in Julium. 
REFERENTIA. 
1, Inferior pars Folii lente aucta. 
2. Calyx lente auctus. 
3. Corolla. 
4. Stamina et Pistillum corollA diducta, an- 
ther unica lente aucti. 
5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
6. Germen lente auctum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heart, with crested tips within the blossoms, 
which are of a cylindrical pitcher-shape, pale 
purple, and sweet-scented; flowers terminal ; 
leaves by fours. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Srem upright, shrubby, and branching, two 
feet high ; the larger and smaller branches are 
thread-shaped. 
Leaves by fours, blunt-ended, curved, and 
furrowed beneath. 
Frowers terminate the numerous small 
branches, by fours, with short footstalks. 
Empatement. Cup double; the outer one is 
three-leaved ; leaflets egg-shaped, pressed to the 
inner ones, and tiled; the inner is four-leaved, 
with larger leaflets, and fringed. 
Brossom cylindrically pitcher-shaped, sweet- 
scented, and of a pale purple; segments of the 
border are rolled back. 
Cuives. Eight hair-like threads ; tips crested, 
and within the blossom. 
Pornrat. Seed-bud turban-shaped, slightly 
covered with wool, with honey-cups at the base. 
Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered. 
Native of Portugal. 
Flowers from the month of March till July. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The under side of the Leaf magnified. 
2. The Empalement magnified. 
3. A Blossom. 
4. The Chives and Pointal detached from the — 
blossom, one tip magnified. 
5. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified, 
6. Seed-bud magnified. 
