ERICA Blandfordia. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Enrica, antheris aristatis, inclusis: floribus tu- 
bulosis, brevissimis, sessilibus, luteis, in ramulis 
terminalibus: foliis quaternis, linearibus, gla- 
bris: caulis fruticosus, gracilis, erectus. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Cavuuis sesquipedalis, gracilis, fruticosus, 
erectus. 
Fora quaterna, linearia, obtusa, glabra, su- 
pra plana, subtus sulcata. 
Frorss plures, sessiles, in ramulis terminales, 
plerumque bini, horizontaliter siti: ad apices 
ramorum flores conferti in ramulis brevissimis, 
spicam formantes. 
Catyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum: foliolis 
lato-ovatis, apice virescentibus, infra pallidiori- 
bus: bracteis duabus adpressis, 
Coroxtza urceolata, lutea, glabra, ore arctata: 
laciniis rotundatis, reflexis. 
Stamina. Filamenta octo, capillaria; an- 
there aristate, incluse. 
Pistiztum. Germen tiareforme, sulcatum. 
Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum., 
Habitat ad Caput Bone Spei. 
Floret a mense Martio in Junium. 
REFERENTIA. 
1, Calyx lente auctus. 
2. Corolla. 
3. Stamina et Pistillum. 
4, Stamen unicum lente auctum. 
5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
a 
. Germen lente auctum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Hearn, with bearded tips within the blossom: 
flowers are tubular, very short, sessile, of a 
yellow colour, and terminating the smaller 
branches: leaves by fours, linear, and smooth: 
~ stem shrubby, slender, and upright. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Srem a foot and a half high, slender, shrubby, 
and upright. 
Leaves by fours, linear, obtuse, and smooth, 
flat on the upper surface, and furrowed be- 
neath. 
FLowers numerous, sessile, and terminating 
the smaller branches, mostly by twos, in a hori- 
zontal direction: near the end of the larger 
branches: the flowers are crowded together on 
very short branches, forming a spike. 
Empatement. Cup four-leaved ; leaflets are 
broadly egg-shaped, greenish at the point, and 
paler beneath: with two floral leaves pressed to 
them. 
Buossom jar-shaped, yellow, smooth, and 
narrowed at the mouth: the segments are 
roundish, and reflexed. 
Cuives. Eight hair-like threads: tips bearded, 
and within the blossom. 
Pornrat. Seed-bud turban-shaped, and fur- 
rowed. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four- 
cornered, 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from March till June. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement magnified. 
2. A Blossom. 
3. The Chives and Pointal. 
4. A Chive magnified. 
5. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified, 
6. Seed-bud magnified. 
