ERICA lachnea, purpured. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris cristatis, inclusis; floribus ur- 
ceolatis, terminalibus ternis, purpureo-pulveru- 
lentis ; foliis ternis, confertis, obtusis, tomen- 
tosis; ramis et ramulis numerosis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Cautts erectus, pedalis, fruticosus ; rami nu- 
merosi, ramulis brevissimis tecti. 
Fotra terna, obtusa, conferta, tomentosa, fari- 
nario-viridia, patentia. 
Frorzs terni in apice ramulorum, cernui, 
pedunculis brevissimis. 
Caryx. Perianthium duplex; exterius tri- 
phyllum, adpressum interiori, quod est tetra- 
phyllum ; foliolis ovatis, marginibus villosis. 
Corotta cylindraceo-urceolata, purpureo- 
pulverulenta; laciniis limbi obtusis, sub-erectis. 
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria ; anthere 
cristate, incluse. 
Pistittum. Germen tiareforme, ad_ basin 
glandulosum; stylus filiformis, erectus, inclu- 
sus. 
Habitat ad Caput Bone Spei. 
Floret a. mense Julii in Octobrem. 
REFERENTIA. 
1, Folium lente auctum. 
2. Calyx lente auctus. 
3. Stamina et Pistillum, anther4 una diducti, 
et aucta. 
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4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
5. Germen lente auctum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Hearn, with crested tips within the blossom ; 
flowers pitcher-shaped, terminating the branches 
by threes, of a powdery purple; leaves by 
threes, crowded, blunt, and downy; the large 
and smaller branches are numerous. 
DESCRIPTION~.-. 
Stem upright, a foot high, shrubby ; branches 
numerous, and covered by very short smaller 
ones, 
Leaves by threes, blunt, crowded, and 
downy ; of a mealy green, and spreading. 
FLowers grow by threes at the ends of the 
small branches, nodding, with very short foot- 
stalks. 
Empatement. Cup double; the outer one 
is three-leaved, and pressed to the inner, which 
is four-leaved; leaflets are egg-shaped, and 
hairy at the edges. 
Buossom cylindrically pitcher-shaped, of a 
powdery purple; the segments of the border 
obtuse, and nearly upright. 
Curves. Eight hair-like threads ; tips crested, 
and within the blossom. 
Poinrat. Seed-bud turban-shaped, glandu- 
lar at the base; shaft thread-shaped, upright, 
and within the blossom. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from July till October. 
REFERENCE, 
1. A Leaf magnified. 
2. The Empalement magnified. 
3. The Chives and Pointal, one tip detached, 
and magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 
5. Seed-bud magnified, 
