ERICA metuleflora. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Enrica, antheris basi bicornibus, inclusis : flori- 
bus terminalibus: corollis metuleformibus: fo- 
liis quaternis vel quinis, Caulis fruticosus. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Cavuuis pedalis et ultra, erectus, fruticosus : 
ramis confertis, in verticillis irregularibus, 
Fouia quaterna et quina, glabra, linearia, 
obtusa, adscendentia. 
Fores in umbellis terminalibus, confertis: 
pedunculis brevibus. 
Caryx. Perianthium tetraphyllum: foliolis 
lanceolatis, in medio canaliculatis, adpressis. 
Corotxa tubulosa, oblonga, rosacea: limbo 
equali: laciniis semi-orbiculatis, patentibus. 
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria, recep- 
taculo inserta. Anthere basi bicornes, incluse. 
PistittuM. Germen tiareforme, pilosum, sul- 
catum, 
Habitat ad Caput Bone Spei. 
Floret a mense Septembri in Aprilem. 
REFERENTIA. 
i. Calyx lente auctus, 
2. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anther und 
lente aucta. 
3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
4, Germen lente auctum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, 
Hears, with tips two-horned at the base, and 
within the blossom. Blos- 
som skittle-shaped. Leaves by fours and fives, 
Flowers terminal, 
Stem shrubby, 
DESCRIPTION, 
Stem a foot or more high, erect, shrubby,’ 
Branches crowded, in irregular whorls, 
Leaves by fours and fives, smooth, linear, ob- 
tuse, and ascending. 
Frowenrs terminate the branches in crowded 
umbels. Footstalks short, 
Empatement. Cup of four leaves; leaflets 
lance-shaped, channelled in the centre, and 
pressed to the blossom. 
Bossom tubular, oblong, and rose-coloured : 
border equal: segments half-round, and spread- 
ing. 
Cuives. Hight hair-like threads inserted into 
the receptacle. Tips two-horned at the base, 
and within the blossom. 
Poinras. Seed-bud turban-shaped, hairy, and 
furrowed. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from September till April. 
REFERENCE, 
1. The Empalement magnified, 
2, The Chives detached from the Pointal, one 
tip magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 
4. The Seed-bud magnified. 
