ERICA Hyacinthoides. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis: floribus ses- 
silibus, erectis, terminalibus, quaternis, confer- 
tis, incarnatis, undulatis: foliis quaternis, line- 
aribus, glabris. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Cauuis fruticosus, spithameus, erectus, ra- 
mosus ; ramuli frequentissimi, erecto-patentes. 
Fours quaterna, linearia, glabra, crassiuscula, 
nitida, patentia, petiolis brevissimis. 
Fores sessiles, erecti, fastigiati, quaterni, con- 
ferti, terminales, fere pedunculati. 
Catyx tetraphyllum, foliolis ad basin late 
ovatis, dentatis, superne acuminatis; bracteis 
tribus subulatis, canaliculatis, adpressis. 
Corotua ventricosa, incarnata, ore arctata; 
laciniis sub-cordatis, undulatis, expansis, maxi- 
mis. 
Stamina, Filamenta octo capillaria; anthere 
mutice, incluse. 
Pistintum. Germen tiareforme, leviter sul- 
catum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bone Spei. 
Floret a mense Junii in Augustum. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Calyx et Corolla. 
2. Calyx lente auctus, 
3. Stamina diducta, anther4 unica lente aucta. 
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto, 
Rs Germen lente auctum. 
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SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Hearn, with beardless tips, within the blossom } 
flowers sessile, upright, and terminating the ends 
of the branches by fours, crowded together, 
flesh-coloured, and waved ; leaves by fours, li- 
near, and smooth. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Srem shrubby, a span high, upright, and 
branching ; thesmaller branches are numerous, 
and between erect and spreading. 
Leaves by fours, linear, smooth, thickish, 
shining, and spreading, footstalks very short. 
Frowers sit close in upright bunches, by fours, 
on the ends of the branches, scarce any footstalks. 
Empatement four-leayed, the leaflets at the 
base are broadly egg-shaped, and toothed, sharp- 
pointed above ; there are three floral leaves, awl- 
shaped, channelled, and pressed to the cup. 
Brossom swelled out, and flesh-coloured, nar- 
rowed at the mouth, the segments are nearly 
heart-shaped, waved, spreading, and very large. 
Curves. Eight hair-like threads, tips beard- 
less, and within the blossom. 
Pornrat. Seed-bud turban-shaped, and slight- 
ly furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped. 
Summit 
four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from the month of June till August. 
REFERENCE. 
_ 
. The Empalement and Blossom. 
[Ns] 
The Empalement magnified. 
3. The Chives detached, with one tip magni- 
fied. 
eS 
. The Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magni- 
fied. 
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. The Seed-bud magnified. 
