ERICA curviflora. 
CHARACTER SPECJFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, fub-exfertis; corollis 
curvatis, clavato cylindricis, pubefcentibus, ter- 
minalibus,luteo-aurantiis; foliis quaternis,lineari- 
bus, glabris. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis fruticofus, bipedalis; laxus, fuperne 
yillofus; rami laxi, ramulofi, ramulis breviffimis, 
frequentiffimis, fparfis. 
Folia quaterna, linearia, obtufa, glabra, fub- 
tus fulcata. 
Flores terminales in ramulis, patenti, race- 
mum longum formantes; pedunculi breviffimi, 
foliolis tribus, adpreffis. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
fubulatis, acuminatis, glabris, adpreffis. 
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Corolla curvata, clavata, pollicaris, pube- 
fcentia, luteo-aurantia; oris laciniis expanlis. 
Stamina. Filamenta 06 I 0 capillaria, curvata, 
longitudine tubi. Anther® mutic®. 
Pistillum. Germen clavatum, fulcatum. 
Stylus ffiiformis, curvatus, exfertus. Stigma te¬ 
tragon um. 
Habitat ad Caput Bon®-Spei. 
Floret a menli Jalii, in Novembrem. 
REFERENTIA. 
1 . Calyx, et Corolla. 
2 . Calyx, lente auctus. 
3. Stamina, et Piffillum. 
4. Stamina a Piftillo diducta; anthera una 
lente audta. 
5. Stylus, et Stigma, lente audla. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with beardlefs tips, juft without the 
bloffioms, which are curved, cylindrically club- 
ffiaped, downy, terminating the branches, and of 
a yellow gold colour; the leaves grow by fours, 
are linear, and fmooth. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem fhrubby, grows two feet high, weak, 
and hairy at the top; branches weak and nume¬ 
rous; the fmaller branches are very ffiort, nu¬ 
merous, and fcattered. 
Leaves grow by fours, are linear, blunt, 
fmooth, and furrowed underneath. 
Flowers Terminate the fmaller branches, 
fpreading out, and forming a long fpike; foot- 
ftalks very ffiort, with three fmall leaves prefled 
to the cup. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, which are 
awl-ffiaped, tapering, fmooth, and prefled to the 
bloflom. 
Blossom curved, club-ffiaped, an inch long, 
downy, and of a yellow gold colour; the feg- 
ments of the mouth fpread outward. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, which are 
curved, and the length of the bloflom. Tips 
beardlefs. 
Pointal. Seed-bud club-ffiaped, and fur¬ 
rowed. Shaft thread-ffiaped, curved, and with¬ 
out the bloflom. Summit four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from July, till November. 
REFERENCE. 
1 . The Empalement, and Bloflom. 
2 . The Empalement, magnified. 
3. The Chives, and Pointal. 
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one 
tip magnified. 
5. The Shaft, and its Summit, magnified. 
