ERICA droseroides. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris cristatis, inclusis; corolla ven- 
tricosa, ore obliqua, purpurea; pedunculis co- 
loratis, longissimis; foliis altera is, spars is,, obtusis, 
pilis glandulosis micantibus hirtis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis erectus, spithameus; rami et ramuli 
filiformes, sparsi, erecto-patentes, virgati. 
Folia alterna, sparsa, linearia, obtusa, apice 
reflexa, pilis glandulosis birta. 
Flores terminates, sub-umbellati, sub-erecti; 
pedunculi filiformes, foliis duplo longiores ; 
bracteas minute colorat®. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetrapliyllum; foliolis 
Sub-ovatis, viscosis, acuminatis, coloratis, apici- 
bus reflexis. 
Corolla ventricosa, purpurea, costata, pu- 
bescens, ore obliqua, arctata, profunde san- 
guinea; laciniis cordatis, expansis. 
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria, torta, 
receptaculo inserta; antherse cristate inclusae. 
Pistillum. Germen clavatum, sulcatum. 
Stylus filiformis, purpureus. Stigma tetrago- 
num. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonas Spei. 
Floret a mense Julii ad Octobrem. 
RE FERE NT I A. 
1 . Calyx et Corolla. 
2 . Calyx lente auctus. 
3. Stamina et Pistillum. 
4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta; anthera una 
lente aucta. 
5. Stylus et Stigma lente aucta. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with crested tips, within the blossom, 
which is big-bellied, oblique-mouthed, and pur¬ 
ple ; the foot-stalks are coloured, and very long ; 
leaves grow alternate, scattered, blunt, and thick 
with shining glandular hairs; 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem upright, about a span high ; the larger 
and smaller branches are thread-shaped, scattered, 
upright, spreading, and twiggy. 
Leaves grow alternate, scattered, linear, blunt, 
the end bent back, and thick with glandular 
hairs. 
Flowers are terminal, nearly in bunches, 
almost upright; the foot-stalks are thread-shaped, 
and twice as long as the leaves ; the floral leaves 
are small, and coloured. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved; leaves nearly 
egg-shaped, clammy, pointed, coloured, and 
bent Outward at the top. 
Blossom big-bellied, purple, ribbed, and 
downy, with the mouth oblique, narrowed, and 
of a deep blood colour; the segments are heart- 
shaped, and spreading. 
Chives. Eight hair^-like threads, which are 
twisted, and fixed into the receptacle ; the tips 
are crested, and within the blossom. 
Pointal. Seed-vessel club-shaped, and fur¬ 
rowed. Shaft thread-shaped, and purple. Sum¬ 
mit four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from the month of July till October. 
REFERENCE. 
1 . The Empalement and Blossom. 
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. 
