ERICA 
planifolia. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris basi bicornibus, sub-exertis : 
floribus axillaribus, urceolatis, purpurels : pe- 
dunculis longis: foliis ternis, spathulatis, glan- 
dulosis: ramis numerosis, flexuosis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
_ Cauuis fruticosus, sesquipedalis: rami et ra- 
muli numerosi, flexuosi, erecto-patentes. 
Fouia terna, spathulata, supra plana, subtus 
carinata, albida: marginibus glandulosis, revo- 
lutis. 
Fiores sub apices ramorum, simplices, axil- 
lares : pedunculis longis, coloratis, glandulosis. 
Catyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum: foliolis 
ovato-acuminatis, marginibus revolutis glandu- 
losis. 
Corot1a urceolata, glabra, purpurea: oris 
laciniis obtusis, erectis. 
Sramina. Filamenta octo capillaria: anthere 
basi bicornes, sub-exerte. 
Pistittum. Germen tiareforme, leviter sul- 
catum, supra pilosum, ad basin nectariferum. 
Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bone Spei. 
Floret a mense Augusti in Septembrem. 
REFERENTIA. 
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Folium lente auctum. 
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Idem subtus, lente auctum. 
Calyx lente auctus, 
Stamina et Pistillum. 
Stamina a Pistillo liberata, 
Anthera unica lente aucta. 
Pistillum et Germen, stigmate lente aucto. 
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. Germen lente auctum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Hearn, with tips two-horned at the base, and 
just without the blossom : flowers grow from the 
axilla of the leaves, are pitcher-shaped, and 
purple: footstalks long: leaves by threes, spa- 
thula-shaped, and glandular: branches nume- 
rous, and flexuose. 
DESCRIPTION. 
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Srem shrubby, a foot and a half high: the 
smaller and larger branches are numerous, 
flexuose, and between erect and spreading. 
Leaves by threes, spathula-shaped, flat on their 
upper surface, keeled beneath, and whitish: with 
glandular margins rolled back. 
Fiowers grow near the ends of the branches, 
singly, from the axille of the leaves: footstalks 
long, coloured, and glandular. 
Empatement. Cup _ four-leaved: leaflets 
ovately-pointed, with revolute glandular mar- 
gins, 
Brossom pitcher-shaped, smooth, and purple: 
the segments of the border are obtuse, and up- 
right. 
Curves. Eight hair-like threads: tips two- 
horned at the base, and just within the blossom. 
Pointat. Seed-bud turban-shaped, slightly 
furrowed, hairy on the upper part, with honey- 
cups at the base. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit 
four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from August till September. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A Leaf magnified. 
2. The same shown from the under side, 
magnified, 
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The Empalement magnified. 
The Chives and Pointal. 
The Chives liberated from the Pointal. 
A Chive magnified. 
Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 
. Seed-bud magnified, , 
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