ERICA coflata. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, inclufis; flylo exferto; 
corollis fub-cylindraceis, incarnatis, coftatis; fo- 
liis pubefcentibus, ternis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis fruticofus, bipedalis, ere£tus ramofus; 
ramuli frequentiffimi. 
Folia caulina, terna, redta, linearia, obtufa, 
pubefcentia ; folia raraea, eredtiora, ovata, fub- 
ferrata, acuminata ; petiolis adpreffis. 
Flores plures, tres, quatuorve ramuli termi¬ 
nates; pedunculi breviffimi. 
Calyx. Perianthium duplex; interim, tetra- 
phyllum, foliolis fub-ovatis, acuminatis, ferratis, 
coloratis, apice fulcatis, adpreffis; exterius tri- 
phyllum, priori brevioribus, virefcentibus. 
Corolla fub-cylindracea, apice paulula cur- 
vata, incamata, coftata; oris laciniis eredtis, al- 
bidis, obtulis. 
Stamina. Filamenta odto, ima parte fpathu- 
lata, receptaculo inferta. Antherae inclufae, mu- 
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ticae. 
Pistillum. Germen fub-cylindricum, ful- 
catum. Stylus attenuatus, exfertus, apice curva- 
tus. Stigma tetragonum virefcens. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Floret a Februarii, in Junium. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Folium unum, lente audtum. 
2. Calyx, et Corolla. 
3. Calyx, lente audtus. 
4. Stamina, et Piitillum. 
5. Stamen unum, lente audtum. 
6. Stylus, et Stigma, lente audta. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
He ath, with beardlefs tips, within the bloffiom; 
pointal without; bloffoms nearly cylindrical, fleffi- 
coloured, and ribbed; leaves downy, growing by 
threes. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem ffirubby, grows two feet high, upright, 
and branching; the fmallerbranches are numerous. 
The Leaves of the stem grow by threes, 
ftraight out, linear, blunt, and downy; thofe on 
the fmaller branches, more upright, egg-ffiaped, a 
little fawed at the edges, and ffiarp pointed; the 
foot-ftalks preffed to the branches. 
The Flowers are numerous, growing by 
threes, or fours, at the end of the fmaller 
branches ; foot-ftalks very short. 
Empalement. Cup double; the inner four- 
leaved ; leaves almoft: egg-ffiaped, pointed, faw¬ 
ed, coloured, furrowed at the point, and preffed 
to the bloffom; the outer three-leaved, ffiorter 
than the former, and greeniffi. 
Blossom nearly cylindrical, curved a little at 
the end, of a fieffi colour, and ribbed; the feg- 
ments of the mouth are upright, white and blunt. 
Chives. Eight threads, fpathula-shaped at the 
bafe, and fixed into the receptacle. Tips within 
the bloffom, and beardlefs. 
Pointal. Seed-veffel almoft cylinder-ffiaped, 
and furrowed. Shaft tapered, without the blof¬ 
fom, and curved at the end. Summit four-cor¬ 
nered, and green. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from February, till June. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A Leaf, magnified. 
2. The Empalement, and Bloffom. 
3. The Empalement, magnified. 
4. The Chives, and Pointal. 
5. One Chive, magnified. 
6. The Shaft, and its Summit, magnified. 
