ERICA cubica. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Erica, antheris bafi bicornibus, fub-inclufis; 
fiylus longiffimus; corollis fub-campanulatis, 
pmpureis, oris laciniis patulis, maximis, ovatis; 
foliis fub-quaternis, obtufis. 
Heath, with tips two-horned at thebafe, nearly 
within the bloffoms; ffiaft very long; bloffoms 
almoft bell-ffiaped, and purple, having the feg- 
ments of the mouth fpreading, very large, and 
egg-fhaped; leaves growing moftly by fours, and 
blunt ended. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Caulis eredlus, teres, ramofus, fruticofus, pe- 
dalis; rami et ramuli filiformes, laxi, erefiti. 
Stem upright, cylindrical, branching, ffirub- 
by, growing a foot high; the larger and fmaller 
branches are thread-fhaped, weak, and upright. 
Folia quaterna, faspe quina, obtufa, refiexa, 
apice incurvata, glabra, nitida, fubtus fulcata; 
petiolis mbris, adpreffis. 
Leaves grow by fours, often by fives, blunt 
ended, bent back, and turned inward at the point; 
fmooth, finning, and channelled beneath ; foot- 
ftalks red, and preffed to the ftem. 
Flores fub-terminales, umbellati, cernui; pe- 
dunculi longiffimi, angulati, purpurei, foliolis 
binis, coloratis inftrudli. 
The Flowers grow near the fummits of the 
branches, in bunches, hanging down; having 
very long foot-ftalks, angled, purple, and two 
finall, coloured leaves on them. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
ovatis, acuminatis, adpreffis, apicibus viridis. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, which are 
egg-fhaped, tapered, and prefifed to the bloffom, 
the points green. 
Corolla globofo-campanulata, purpurea, 
limbo maximo, expanfo; laciniis ovatis, con- 
Blossom globularly bell-ffiaped and purple, 
the border very large and fpreading; the fegments 
cavis. 
egg-ffiaped and concave. 
Stamina. Filamenta ofito capillaria, longi- 
tudine tubi, receptaculo inferta. Antheras bi- 
fidae, ad bafin bicornutae. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, the length 
of the tube, fixed into the receptacle. Tips two- 
cleft, and two-homed at the bafe. 
Pistillum. Germen fub-globofum. Stylus 
ffiiformis, exfertus, corolla duplo longior, purpu- 
reus. Stigma concavum, marginatum. 
Pointal. Seed-bud nearly globular. Shaft 
thread-ffiaped, without the bloffom, twice its 
length, and purple. Summit concave, and bor¬ 
dered. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonas Spei. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Floret a menli Aprili, in Julium. 
Flowers from April, till July. 
REFERENTIA. 
REFERENCE. 
1. Calyx, et Corolla. 
1. The Empalement, and Bloffom. 
2. Calyx lente audtus. 
2. The Empalement magnified. 
3. Stamina, et Pittillum. 
3. The Chives, and Pointal. 
4. Stamina a Piftillo didufta; anthera una 
lente audla. 
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one 
tip magnified. 
5. Stylus, et Stigma, lente au6ta. 
5. The Shaft, and Summit, magnified. 
