EEI'CA PYRIFOR'MIS. 
PYRIFORM ERICA. 
EXOGEN^. OR DICOTYLEDONEiS 
Natural division 
to which 
this Plant belongs. 
NATURAL ORDER, ERICACEAE. 
CALYCIFLORjE, 
OP 
DECANDOLLE, (Hw 
No. 250. 
GENUS. Erica. Linnjeus. Calyx asqualis v imbricatus, quadripartitns, 
vel rarius quadrifidus. Corolla hypogyna tubulosa, hypocrateii-moipha, ur- 
ceolata, camjianulata, v globosa, limbo brevi, rarius maximo quadiifido, conni- 
vente, erecto, patente vel revoluto. Stamina 8 rarius 6-7, disco hypogyno 
glandulosa inserta. Filamenta libera rarissime submonadelpba. Anthers 
inclusge v exsertae, terminales, ad insertionem filamenti appendicibus duabus 
aristatae vel cristatse, vel omnino muticae, poro orbicular! vel oblongo v rima 
longitudinali dehiscentes. Ovarium quadriloculare rarius 8 loculare, loculis, 
2-00 ovulatis. Stylus filiformis. Stigma obtusum capitatum, vel peltato- 
dilatatam saepe breviter 4lobum. C apsula 4, rarius 8-locularis, loculicide quad- 
rivalvis, dissepimentis demiim fissis partim valvulis, partim columelltU adhm- 
rentibus. Semina placentis axilibus affixa, ovoidea vel compressa, testa ad- 
haerente reticulata laeviuscula, vel nitida, rarius in membranam tenuem expansa. 
Frutices rigiduli, ramosissimi; rarius flaccid!. P'olia saepissime linearia 
acerosa, marginibus omnino revolutis et sub folia coh^rentibus paginam inferi- 
orem veram omnino occultantibus, nonnumquam latiora pagina infeiioia plus 
minusve evidente rarius omnino plana verticellata vel rarius alterna vel sparsa. 
Flores in pedicellis unifloris axillares, vel terminales solitarii, verticellati, 
capitati v umbellati, plerumque cernui. Bracte^ in pedicello scepissime tres, 2 
oppositis tertia infra sita rarius difiiciente. Bentham ; in Decand. Prodrom. 
Vol. 7,p. 613. 
SPECIES. Erica PYRiroRMis. Hort. (Hybrid) caule ramosissimo glabro, 
foliis quaternis linearibus obtusis patentibus scabris; floribus ternis albidis 
sublateralibus; braeteis subremotis; sepalis ovatis acutis; corolla infundibuli- 
formi cernua, limbo contracto revoluto glabro genitalibus inclusis. 
Character of the Genus, Erica. Calyx equal or imbricate, 
four-parted, rarely quadrifid. Corolla situate below the ovarium, 
tubulose, salver-shaped, urceolate,bell-shaped, or globose; limb short, 
rarely of any considerable size, quadrifid, connivent, erect, patent, 
or revolute. Stamens eight, rarely six or seven, inserted on the 
hypogynous disc. Filaments free, very rarely somewhat joined. 
Anthers included or exserted, terminal*, having two appendices at the 
insertion of the filament, aristate, or crested, or wholly free, dehiscing 
by an oblong or orbicular pore, or by a longitudinal chink. Ovarium 
four, rarely eight-celled, cells two to many-seeded. Style filiform. 
Stigma obtuse, capitate, or peltate, often shortly lour-lobed. Cap¬ 
sule four rarel}' eight-celled, each cell four-valved, the dissepiments 
Artificial divisions 
to which 
this Plant belongs 
OCTANDRIA, 
MONOGYNIA, 
OF LINNECS. 
