ERICA tetragona. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis ; corollis urceo- 
latis, axillaribus, ternis, confertis, tetragonis ; 
concavis, luteis; foliis ternis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Cauuis fruticosus, virgatus, sub-pedalis, erec- 
tus, ramosus, gracilis; rami filiformes et pa- 
tentes. 
Foxta terna, trigona, linearia, acuta, glabra, 
subtus tenuissime sulcata, erecto-patentia. 
Frorgs in axillis foliorum, plerumque terni, 
erecti, conferti, cum odore cucumis. 
Catyx tetraphyllus, foliolis lanceolatis, cili- 
atis ; bracteis tribus linearibus. 
Corouxa urceolata, lutea, tetragona, concava, 
ore arctata; laciniis equalibus, acuminatis, pa- 
tentibus, et reflexis. 
Stamina octo, capillaria; antheris muticis 
inclusis. 
Pistittum. Germen conicum, glabrum. Sty- 
lus linearis, sub-exertus. Stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bone Spei. 
Floret a mense Julii ad Septembrem. 
REFERENTIA. 
. Umbella Florum. 
— 
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. Calyx auctus. 
bo 
Corolla lente aucta. 
Re 
. Stamina et Pistillum. 
Anthera una aucta. 
oa 
a 
. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto, 
NX 
. Germen lente auctum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Hearn, with beardless tips within the blossoms, 
which are pitcher-shaped, and grow from the 
axille of the leaves in threes, are crowded toge- 
ther, four-sided, concave, and yellow; leaves 
by threes. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Srem shrubby, twiggy, near a foot high, up- 
right; branches slender, the large ones thread- 
shaped and spreading. 
Leaves by threes, three-sided, linear, sharp 
and smooth, slightly furrowed beneath, and 
between erect and spreading. 
Fiowers grow from the axilla of the leaves, 
mostly by threes, upright, crowded together, 
and smell like a cucumber. 
Empatement four-leaved; the leaflets are 
lance-shaped and fringed, with three linear floral 
leaves. 
Bossom pitcher-shaped, yellow, four-sided 
and concave, narrowed towards the mouth, the’ 
segments of which are equal, sharp-pointed, 
spreading, and reflexed. 
Cuives eight, capillary; tips beardless, and 
within the blossom. 
Porntan  Seed-bud conical and smooth. 
Shaft linear, just without the blossom. Summit 
four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from the month of J uly till September. 
REFERENCE. 
jal 
. An Umbel of Flowers. 
iS) 
. The Empalement magnified. 
co 
. A Blossom magnified. 
Ps 
. The Chives and Pointal., 
or 
. A Chive magnified. 
for) 
. The Seed-bud and Pointal, summit mag- 
nified. 
7. Seed-bud magnified. 
