ERICA Swainsonia. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, sub-inclusis: floribus 
in umbellis terminalibus: foliis quinis vel senis, 
confertis, erectis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Cauuis fruticosus, erectus, pedalis et ultra: 
ramulis verticillatis. 
Fora quina vel sena, obtusa, erecta, confer- 
ta, supra plana, subtus sulcata. 
Frores ramos terminant in umbellis: pedun- 
culis brevibus, bracteis tribus adpressis. 
Caryx. Perianthium tetraphyllum: foliolis 
lanceolatis calyci adpressis. 
Corouza sub-cylindrica, pollicaris, miniata : 
laciniis ovatis, patentibus. 
Sramina. Filamenta octo capillaria: anthere 
mutice, sub-incluse. 
Pistittum. Germen oblongum, sulcatum, 
ad basin nectartis glanduliferis. Stylus filiformis. 
Stigma tetragonum., 
Habitat ad Caput Bone Spei. 
Floret in mensibus autumnalibus. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Calyx. 
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2. Stamina a Pistillo diducta: anther& uni 
lente aucta, 
3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Hearn, with beardless tips just within the blos- 
soms: flowers grow in terminal umbels: leaves 
by fives or sixes, crowded, and upright. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Srem shrubby, upright, a foot or more high : 
the small branches grow in whorls. 
Leaves by fives or sixes, obtuse, erect, and 
crowded, flat on their upper surface, and fur- 
rowed beneath. 
FLowers terminate the branches in umbels: 
footstalks short, with three floral leaves pressed 
to them. 
Empatement. Cup _ four-leaved: leaflets 
lance-shaped, and pressed to the cup. 
Bossom nearly cylindrical; an inch long, 
and of a reddish colour: segments ovate, and 
spreading. 
Curves. Eight hair-like threads: tips beard- 
less, and just within the blossom. 
Pointat. Seed-bud oblong, with glandular 
nectaries at the base. Shaft thread-shaped. Sum- 
mit four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers in the autumnal months. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement. 
2. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one 
tip magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 
