ERICA cruenta. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Erica, antheris ariftatis, fub-inclufis, foliisqua- 
ternis, corollis fub-ternis, glabris. clavato-cylin- 
dricis, pollicaribus; faturate fanguineis. 
Heath, whofe tips are bearded, and juft within 
the bloffom; the leaves grow by fours, the flowers 
moftly by threes, and are fmooth, cylindrically 
club-fhaped, an inch long, and of a deep blood 
colour. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Caulis frutico'fus, bipedalis, eredtus; rami 
eredti, ramulofi; ramnlis breviffimis, frequen- 
tiffimis. 
Stem fhrubby, grows two feet high, and up¬ 
right ; the branches grow upright, having many 
fmallei branches, which are thick fet, and very 
fhort. 
Folia quaterna, linearia, glabra, nitida, fa¬ 
turate viridia, petiolis breviffimis, adpreffis. 
The Leaves grow by fours, are linear, fmooth, 
fhining, and of a deep green, having very fhort 
foot-ftalks, preffed to the ftem. 
Flores in ramulis terminales, prope caulis 
fummitatem, racemum quail formantes longum; 
pedunculi longi, bradeis tribus ad balin in- 
fir ucii. 
The Flowers terminate the ffiorter branches 
near the fummit of the ftem, forming as it were 
a long bunch; the foot-ftalks are long, having 
three floral leaves at their bafe. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
lanceolatis, ferratis, adpreffis. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, which are 
lance-fhaped., fawed, and prefled to the bloffom. 
Corolla clavato-cylindrica, glabra, cruenta, 
pollicaris; oris laciniis reclis, obtulis. 
The Blossom is cylindrically club-fhaped, 
fmooth, blood colour, and an inch long; the 
fegments of the mouth are obtufe, and ftraight. 
Stamina.' Filamcnta oclo capillaria, recep- 
taculo inferta; antherae ariftatas, fub-inclufas. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, fixed into 
the receptacle; the tips are bearded, and juft 
within the bloffom. 
Pistillum. Germen fub-ovatum, fulcatum, 
pubefcens; ftylus exfertus; fiigma tetragonum. 
Pointal. Seed-veflel nearly egg-fhaped, fur¬ 
rowed, and downy; Shaft without the bloffom; 
Summit four-cornered. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Floret a menli Augufti, in Decembrem. 
Flowers from Auguft, till December. 
REFERENTIA. 
REFERENCE. 
1. Calyx, et Corolla. 
1. Empalement, and Bloffom. 
2. Calyx, lente audus. 
2. The Empalement magnified. 
3. Stamina, et Piftillum. 
3. The Chives, and Pointal. 
4. Stamina a Piffillo diduda; anthera una 
lente auda. 
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one 
tip magnified. 
5. Stylus, et Stigma, lente auda. 
5. The Shaft, and its Summit magnified. 
