ERICA tiareeflora. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Enrica, antheris muticis, exsertis; floribus cer- 
nuis, tiareformibus, a calyce fere contectis; 
foliis ternis, obtusis, linearibus, rigidis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Cavuis fruticosus, erectus, sub-sesquipedalis, 
ramosus; rami terni, patentes, erecti. 
Fouts terna, obtusa, linearia, rigida, erecto- 
patentia, 
Frores in ramulis terminales, sub-terni, cer- 
nui; pedunculi longi, bracteis tribus spathulatis 
instructi. 
Catyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis 
lato-ovatis, apice coloratis, incuryatis. 
Coroxta tiareformis, apice incarnata, ad 
basin albida; laciniis minutis, obtusis, erectis. 
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria; anthere 
mutice, exerte. 
Pistittum. Germen tiareforme. 
Stylus fili- 
formis. Stigma tetragonum, 
Habitat ad Caput Bone Spei. 
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Floret a mense Maio in Julium. 
REFERENTIA. 
i 
» Folium. 
ae 
Calyx et Corolla, lente aucti, 
oo 
. Corolla. 
aa 
Eadem lente aucta. 
or 
. Anthera una lente aucta; 
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. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
=~ 
Germen lente auctum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Hearn, with beardless tips without the blossom } 
flowers nodding, turban-shaped, and nearly hid 
by the empalement; leaves by threes, blunt, 
linear, and harsh. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Srem shrubby, upright, near a foot and a 
half high, and branching ; branches by threes, 
spreading, and upright. 
Leaves by threes, blunt, linear, harsh, up 
right, and spreading. 
Fiowers terminate the branches by threes, 
nodding ; footstalks long, and furnished with 
three spathula-shaped floral leaves. 
Empatement. Cup four-leayed ; the leaflets 
are broadly egg-shaped, coloured at the ends, 
and turned inwards. 
Brossom turban-shaped, flesh-coloured at the 
ends, and whitish at the base; the segments of 
the border are very small, blunt, and upright. 
Curves. Eight hair-like threads ; tips beard- 
less, and without the blossom. 
Poinrat. Seed-bud turban-shaped. Shaft 
thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from the month of May till July. 
REFERENCE. 
— 
. A Leaf. 
[Ss] 
The Empalement and Blossom magnified. 
= 
A Blossom. 
> 
. The same magnified. 
2 
A Chive magnified. 
Q 
. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 
Ni 
. Seed-bud magnified. 
