ERICA 
mucronata. | 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis: stylo exerto. 
Flores ramulos terminant. Corolla campanulata, 
incarnata: foliis ternis, mucronatis. Caulis fru- 
ticosus, ramosus. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Cautis sesquipedalis, fruticosus. Rami et ra- 
muli numerosi, erecti, patentes vel cernui. 
Fox terna, trigona, glabra, erecto-patentia, 
apice mucronato incurvato. 
Fores ramos terminant, et terni vel seni sunt 
et cernui. Pedunculi longi, colorati: bracteis 
tribus mucronatis. 
Catyx tetraphyllus : foliolis ad basin ovyatis, 
apice mucronato, coloratis, adpressis. 
Corotia campanulata, incarnata: oris laci- 
- niis aqualibus, erecto-patentibus, 
Stamina, Filamenta octo capillaria. An- 
there mutice, incluse. 
Pistittum. Germen tiareforme, sulcatum, 
' ad basin nectariferum. Stylus filiformis, exertus. 
Stigma concavum. 
Habitat ad Caput-Bone Spei. 
Floret a mense Maio in Augustum, 
REPERENTIA. 
1, Corolla. 
2. Calyx lente auctus. 
3. Stamina et Pistillum. 
4. Stamen unicum lente auctum. 
5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
6. Germen lente auctum. 
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SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heats, with beardless tips, within the blossom: 
shaft without. 
Blossom bell-shaped, and flesh-co- 
Flowers terminate the small 
branches. 
loured. Leaves by threes, mucronated at the end. 
Stem shrubby and branching. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Srem a foot and a half high, and shrubby. 
The large and small branches are numerous, 
erect, spreading or nodding. ; 
Leaves by threes, three-sided, smooth, be- 
tween erect and spreading, with a mucronated 
point turned inward. 
Fiowenrs terminate the branches, and are from 
3 to 6, nodding. 
with three mucronated floral leaves, 
Footstalks long, coloured, 
EmpaLement four-leayed.- The leaflets are 
ovate at the base, with a mucronated point, co- 
loured, and pressed to the blossom. 
Bossom bell-shaped, flesh-coloured: the seg> 
ments of the border are equal, and between erect 
and spreading. 
Cuives. Eight hair-like threads. Tips beard- 
less, and within the blossom. 
Poinrat. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, 
Shaft thread- 
shaped, and without the blossom: 
with honey-cups at the base. 
Summit 
hollow. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from May till August. 
REFERENCE, 
. A Blossom. 
— 
. The Empalement magnified. 
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The Chives and Pointal. 
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. A Chive magnified, 
or 
. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 
a 
- Seed-bud magnified, 
