ERICA clavata. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, exertis, nigris: flori- 
bus terminalibus, pendulis : corolla clavata, viri- 
dis: calyx duplex: foliis ternis: caulis brevis, 
fruticosus. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Cauuts erectus, humilis, ramosus: tamuli pa- 
tentes, numerosi, verticillati. 
Fou terna, linearia, obtusa, recta, glabra. 
Frores terni, in apicibus ramulorum, depen- 
dentes ; pedunculi fere nulli. 
Caryx. Perianthium duplex: exterius tri- 
phyllum, interius tetraphyllum: foliolis ad basin 
lato-ovatis, superne subulatis. 
Corot clavata, viridis: laciniis limbi erec- 
tis. 
Sramina. Filamenta octo, linearia: anthere 
mutice, exerte, nigre. 
Pistiztum. Germen tiareforme. Stylus fili- 
formis, staminibus paulo longior. Stigma tetra- 
gonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bone Spei. 
Floret a mense Martii in Junium. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Calyx lente auctus. 
2. Corolla. 
3, Stamina et Pistillum. 
4, Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
5. Germen lente auctum.. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, 
Hearu, with beardless tips without the blossom, 
and black: flowers terminate the branches, and 
hang down: blossom club-shaped, and green: 
cup double: leaves by threes: stem short, and 
shrubby. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Srem upright, low, and branching: the smaller 
branches are spreading, numerous, and whorled. 
Leaves by threes, linear, obtuse, straight, and 
smooth. 
Fiowers grow by threes at the ends of the 
smaller branches, and hang down, with scarcely 
any fooistalks, 
Emparemenr. Cup double: ‘the outer one 
is three-leaved ; the inner one four-leaved: the 
leaflets are broadly ovate at the base, and on the 
upper part awl-shaped. 
Buossom club-shaped and green: the seg= 
ments of the border are upright. 
Cuives. Eight linear threads: tips beardless, 
without the blossom, and black. 
Poinrat. Seed-bud turban-shaped. Shaft 
thread-shaped, and a little longer than the 
chives. 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. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified, 
5. Seed-bud magnified, : 
