ERICA calycina, minor. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Enrica, antheris cristatis, inclusis. Folia terna. 
Rami filiformes. Flores terni, minuti, urceo- 
lati, saturate carnei. Calycis foliola corolla 
lovgiora. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Cauuis filiformis, spithameus, erecto-patens, 
ramosissimus. 
Foi, terna, lanceolata, subtus sulcata, supra 
plana, glabra, adpressa. 
Fiores terni, in ultimis ramulis terminales. 
Pedunculi carnei, bracteis tribus minutis colo- 
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ratis instructi. 
. Catyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis 
spathulatis, carneis, corolla longioribus, 
CoroLia minuta, urceolata, saturate carnea, 
ad basin pallida ; oris laciniis patentibus. 
Sramina. Filamenta octo, capillaria; an- 
theris cristatis, inclusis. 
Pistixtum. Germen tiareforme. Stylus in- 
clusus, filiformis. Stigma, tetragonum, reflexum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bone Spei. 
Floret a mense Julii in Octobrem. 
REFERENTIA. 
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. Folium auctum. 
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Calyx et Corolla. 
3. Calyx lente auctus. 
4. Corolla. 
5. Stamina a Pistillo diducta. 
6. Stamen unum lente auctum. 
7. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
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. Germen lente auctum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Hearu, with crested tips, within the blossom. 
Leaves by threes. Branches thread-shaped. The 
flowers grow by threes, are small, pitcher-shaped, 
and of a deep flesh colour. The leaves of the 
cup are longer than the flower. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Srem thread-shaped, a span high, between 
erect and spreading, and very much branched. 
Leaves by threes, lance-shaped, furrowed be- 
neath, flat on the upper surface, smooth, and 
pressed to the branches. 
FLowers grow by threes, and terminate the 
The footstalks are flesh- 
coloured, and furnished with three small co- 
smaller branches. 
loured floral leaves. 
Empatement. Cup four-leaved; the leaflets 
are spathula-shaped, flesh-coloured, and longer 
than the blossom. 
Buossom very small, pitcher-shaped, of a deep 
flesh-colour, and pale at the base; the segments 
of the border spreading. 
Curves. Eight hair-like threads ; tips crested, 
and within the blossom. 
Pornrat. Seed-bud turban-shaped. Shaft 
within the blossom, and thread-shaped. Summit 
four-angled, and rolled back. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from the month of July till October. 
REFERENCE. 
1, A Leaf magnified. 
2. The Empalement and Blossom. 
3. The Empalement magnified. 
4. A Blossom. 
5. The Chives and Pointal, detached from the 
blossom. 
6. A Chive magnified. 
7. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 
8. Seed-bud magnified, 
