ERICA difcolor. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris arifiatis, inclufis; fiylo exferto; 
corollis tubulolis, fubcylindraceis; foliis ternis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis fruticofus, tripedalis, teres, eredtus, 
gracilis, fuperne pubefcens, ramulis fubfimplici- 
bus. 
Folia terna, linearia, eredlo-patentia, fupra 
plana, fubtus revoluta, nitida, faturate viridia. 
Flores plerumque tres, fubcernui, ramei, ter¬ 
minal es, prope caulis fummitatem. 
Calyx. Perianthium duplex, interius tetra- 
phyllum, foliolis ovatis, eredtis, luteo-virentibus: 
exterius triphyllum, foliolis brevioribus priori in- 
cumbentibus. 
Corolla tubulofa, fubcylindracea, ima parte, 
carnea, pallida, fumma, flavo-virefcente, limbo 
quadrilobo, sequali eredtiufculo. 
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Stamina. Filamenta odto capillaria, recepta- 
culo inferta. Antheras oblongiufculae, bipartitas, 
inclufae, arittatas. 
Pistillum. Germen oblongum. Stylus fili- 
formis, corolla longior, apice inflexo. Stigma 
fubtetragonum, virefcens. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Floret a Novembri in Aprilem. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Calyx, et Corolla. 
2. Calyx lente audtus. 
3. Stamina, et Piftillum. 
4. Stamina a Pittillo didudta; anthera una 
lente audta. 
5. Stylus, et Stigma lente audta. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with bearded tips within the bloITom; 
the pointal Handing out; the bloITom tubular, 
nearly cylindrical; leaves growing by threes. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem fhrubby, grows to three feet high, cy¬ 
lindrical, upright, Render, downy at the top, the 
branches feldom divided. 
Leaves growing by threes, linear, between 
upright and fpreading, fmooth on the upper, 
and rolled back on the under, furface, fhining 
and dark green. 
Flowers are commonly three'together, bend¬ 
ing a little downward, terminating the branches 
near the upper part of the Item'. 
Empalement. Cup double, the inner four¬ 
leaved, ovate, eredt, and of a greenifh yellow: 
the outer three-leaved, the leaves Ihorter than the 
former, and lying on them. 
Blossom tubular, nearly cylindrical, of a light 
flefh colour at the bafe, and yellowilh green at 
the mouth, which is divided into four equal 
nearly eredt fegments. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, fixed into 
the receptacle. Tips nearly oblong, divided, 
bearded, and within the bloITom. 
Pointal. Seed-velTel oblong. Shaft thread- 
Ihaped,, longer than the bloITom, the point bend¬ 
ing. The Summit nearly four-cornered, and 
greenifh. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Time of flowering from November till April. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement with the BloITom. 
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/ 
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