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CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris cristatis inclusis, corollis urceo- 
latis capitatis terminalibus lateralibusque, foliis 
ternatis ciliatis, 
~ DESCRIPTIO. 
Cau.is fruticosus, ramosus; rami obsolete ver- 
ticillati, graciles, flexuosi, cortice ferrugineo-fusco. 
Foi ternata, erecta, late-linearia, obtisa, sub- 
trilinearia, minutim ciliata, subtus sulcata. 
Fores parvi, seepius ternati, in fasciculis termi- 
nalibus et lateralibus. 
Catyx duplex, coloratus, adpressus, foliolis 
cuneato-ovatis, corolla imbricatis. 
CoroLia urceolaris, superne roseus, laciniis 
patulis. ~ 
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STAMINA octo, capillaria; compressa, antherse 
barbate, exerte. 
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- Pistintum, Germen tiaraforme; stylus fili- 
formis; stigma tetragonum, 
Habitat ad Caput Bonze Spei. 
Floret a mense Septembris ad Februarium. 
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REFERENTIA, 
1. Folium lente auctum. 
. Calyx cum bracteis, lente auctus. 
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. Calyx et Corolla, 
4, Eadem absque bracteis. 
5. Stamina et Pistillum. 
6. Stamen lente auctum. 
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. Pistillum, stigmate diducto, lente auctos 
8. Germen lente auctum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, 
Hearn, with crested tips within the blossont, 
blossoms pitcher-shaped headed terminal and late 
ral; leaves in threes and ciliated. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem shrubby, branched; the branches ob- 
scurely whorled, slender, flexuose, with a rusty 
brown bark. 
Leaves in threes, upright, broad-linear, blunt, 
near three lines long, minutely ciliated, and fur- 
rowed beneath. 
Fiowers small, chiefly in threes, in terminal 
and lateral bunches. 
EmpatemeENrT double, coloured, pressed to the 
blossom, with the leaflets wedge-egg-shaped, and 
imbricated on the blossom. 
Buossom pitcher-shaped, upwards rose-coloured, ~ 
with slightly spreading segments. 
_ Curves eight flat threads ; tips bearded, without 
the blossom. 
Pointat. Germen turban-shaped ; shaft thread- 
shaped ; summit four-cornered, 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers fromthemonth of September till February. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A Leaf magnified. 
2. The Empalement with its floral leaves mag: 
nified. 
8.,The Empalement and Blossom. 
4, The same without the floral leaves, 
5. The Chives and Pointal, 
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A Chive magnified. 
7. The Pointal, with the stigma detached and 
magnified. 
8. The Seed-bud magnified. 
