ERICA ferruginea. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis ; floribus am- 
pullaceis, verticillatis, horizontalibus, carneis, 
viscosis; foliis sub-quaternis, confertis, pilis 
longis ferrugineis circumcessis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Cavuts humilis, fruticosus, erectus, sub-peda- 
lis; rami et ramuli flexuosi, filiformes, foliis 
sub-tecti. 
Foxra sub-quaterna, obtusa, pilis longis fer- 
rugineis circumcessa, supra plana, subtus leviter 
sulcata ; petiolis longis, adpressis. 
Frores in ramulis terminales, simpliciter verti- 
cillati, horizontales; pedunculi colorati, hispi- 
duli, bracteis tribus hirsutis instructi. 
Caryx. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliola 
lanceolata, pilis longis ferrugineis ad apices. 
Coroxta basi inflata, apice attenuata; ima 
pars carnea, summa saturate purpurea, ore arc- 
tata; laciniis acutis, patentibus. 
Stamina. Filamenta octo, capillaria, recep- 
taculo inserta; anthere mutice, incluse. 
Pistiztum. Germen clavatum. Stylus in- 
clusus. Stigma tetragonum. 
‘Habitat ad Caput Bone Spei. 
Floret a mense Maio in Julium. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Folium lente auctum. 
2. Calyx lente auctus. 
3. Stamina a Pistillo diducta; anthera und _ 
lente aucta. 
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
5. Germen lente auctum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Hearn, with beardless tips within the blossom ; 
flowers flask-shaped, growing in horizontal 
whorls, flesh-coloured, and clammy; leaves 
mostly by fours, crowded, and beset with long 
rusty-coloured hairs. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Srem low, shrubby, upright, and scarce a foot 
high ; the large and small branches are flexuose, 
thread-shaped, and nearly covered by the leaves. 
Leaves mostly by fours, blunt-ended, and be- 
set with long rusty-coloured hairs, flat on the 
upper surface, and slightly furrowed beneath ; 
footstalks long, and pressed to the branches, 
Fiowers terminate the smaller branches in 
single horizontal whorls; footstalks coloured, 
slightly hispid, and furnished with three hairy 
floral leaves. 
Empartement. Cup four-leaved ; leaflets lance- 
shaped, with long rusty-coloured hairs at their 
points. \ 
Bossom inflated at the base, and tapering to 
the point; the lower part of a flesh-colour, the 
upper of a deep purple, straightened at the 
mouth ; the segments are pointed, and spreading. 
Curves. Eight hair-like threads fixed into the 
receptacle; tips beardless, and within the blossom. 
Porntat. Seed-bud club-shaped. Shaft within. 
Summit four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from May till July. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A Leaf magnified. 
2. The Empalement magnified. 
3. The Chives detached from the. Pointal, one 
tip magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 
5. Seed-bud magnified. 
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