ERICA 
squamosa. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Enrica, antheris cristatis, inclusis; corollis globo- 
sis, umbellatis, purpureis; calycibus squamosis, 
albicantibus; foliis quaternis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Cauuis fruticosus, erectus, sesquipedalis, ra- 
mosus ; rami filiformes, erecti. 
Four quaterna, glabra, obtusa, subtus sul- 
cata, serrulata. 
Ftores terminales, umbellati, terni vel seni in 
singula umbella, cernui; pedunculi purpurei, 
bracteis tribus instructi. 
Caxyx tetraphyllum; foliolis squamosis, ovatis, 
carinatis, albicantibus. 
Coroxza globosa, purpurea; laciniis equali- 
bus, patentibus. 
Sramiva. Filamenta octo capillaria, recepta- 
culo inserta; anthere cristate, incluse, 
Pistittum. Germen tiareforme. Stylus fili- 
formis, inclusus, Stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bone Spei. 
Floret a mense Aprili in Julium. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Calyx et Corolla. 
2. Calyx lente auctus. 
3. Corolla. 
4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anthera uni 
lente aucta. 
5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate aucto, 
6. Germen lente-auctum. 
7. Ramulus cum Involucro florum, 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Hearn, with crested tips within the blossom ; 
blossoms globular, umbelled, and purple; the 
cup is scaly, and of a whitish colour; leaves by 
fours. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Srem shrubby, upright, a foot and a half high, 
branching ; branches thread-shaped and upright. 
Leaves by fours, smooth, blunt, furrowed be- 
neath, and slightly sawed at the edges. 
Frowers terminate the branches in umbels of 
three to six in each umbel, nodding ; the foot- 
stalks are purple, having three floral leaves. 
Empa.ement four-leaved; leaflets scaly, egg- 
shaped, keeled, and of a whitish colour. 
Brossom globular, and purple; the segments 
are equal and spreading. 
Curves. Eight hair-like threads, fixed to the re- 
ceptacle ; tips crested, and within the blossom. 
Seed-bud Shaft 
thread-shaped, and within the blossom. Summit 
Pornta. turban-shaped. 
four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from the month of April till July. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement and Blossom. 
2. The Empalement magnified. 
3. A Blossom. 
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one 
tip magnified. 
5. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 
6. Seed-bud magnified, 
7. A branch with the Involucrum of the flowers, 
