ERICA incurva. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Enrica, antheris aristatis, sub-inclusis ; stylo sub- 
exserto; corollis urceolatis, odoratis, purpureis; 
foliis ternis, incurvatis, aculeatis ; caule rufes- 
cente. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Cavuis fruticosus, ramosus. Rami et ramuli 
hirsuti, erecto-patentes. 
Foxta terna, viride-farinosa, arcuata, incurva, 
aculeata, subtus sulcata; petiolis adpressis. 
Frores in ramulis terminales, umbellati, ple- 
rumque terni; pedunculi aculeati, bracteis tribus 
aculeatis instructi. 
Catyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum ; foliolis 
oyatis, aculeatis, pallide-viridia. 
Corotxa urceolata, purpurea, odorata; oris 
laciniis rotundatis, sub-erectis. 
Stamina. Filamenta octo, capillaria ; anther 
aristate, sub-incluse. 
Pistittum. Germen tiareforme, pubescens, 
ad basin glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, sub- 
exsertis. Stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bone Spei. 
Floret a mense Martii in Maium. 
REFERENTIA. 
1, Folium lente auctum. 
2. Idem subtus. 
3. Calyx lente auctus. 
4, Flos et Folium varietatis minoris. 
5, Stamina diducta ; anthera unic4 lente aucta. 
6. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. _ 
» 7, Germen lente auctum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Hearn, with bearded tips, just within the blos- 
som; shaft just without; blossoms pitcher- 
shaped, sweet-scented, and purple; leayes by 
threes, turned inwards, and prickly; stem 
roughish. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Srem shrubby, branching. Large and small 
branches are roughly haired, and between erect 
and spreading. 
Leaves by threes, of a mealy green, bowed, 
turned inwards, prickly, and deeply furrowed ; 
footstalks pressed to the branches. 
Frowenrs terminate the small branches in um- 
bels, mostly by threes; footstalks prickly, and 
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furnished with three prickly floral leaves. 
Empatement. Cup four-leaved ; leaflets egg- 
shaped, prickly, and of a pale green. 
Buossom pitcher-shaped, purple and sweet- 
scented ; the segments of the border are roundish 
and nearly upright. 
Curves. Eight hair-like threads ; tips beard- 
ed and just within the blossom. 
Poinrat. Seed-bud turban-shaped, downy, 
Shaft thread-shaped, 
and just without the blossom. 
and glandular at the base. 
Summit four- 
cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from the month of March till May. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A Leaf magnified. 
2. The under side of the same. 
3, The Empalement magnified. 
4. A Flower and Leaf of a small variety. 
5. The Chives detached ; one tip magnified. 
6. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 
7. The Seed-bud magnified. 
