ERICA conspicua. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Erica, antheris basi bicornibus, exsertis; corol- 
lis clavatis, sesquipollicaribus, luteis; foliis qua- 
ternis, glabris, obtusis, crassis. 
Heath, with tips two-liorned at their base, and 
without the blossom: the blossoms are club- 
shaped, an inch and a half long, yellow: the 
leaves grow by fours, are smooth, blunt, and 
thick. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
DESCRIPTIONS 
Caulis fruticosus, erectus, tripedalis, ramosus; 
ramulis verticillatis, brevibus. 
Stem shrubby, upright, grows three feet high, 
and branching: the smaller branches are short, 
and grow in whorls. 
Folia quaterna, obtusa, linearia, crassa; pe- 
tiolis brevissimis, adpressis. 
Leaves grow by fours, are blunt, linear, 
thick, and have short foot-stalks pressed to the 
branches. 
Flores in apicibus ramulorum terminales, 
nutantes, pedunculis brevibus, bracteis tribus 
spathulatis. 
Flowers are terminal at the summit of the 
smaller branches, waving, having short foot¬ 
stalks, with three spathula-shaped floral leaves. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis 
obtusis, glabris, sub-ovatis. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved: leaves blunt, 
smooth, and nearly egg-shaped. 
Corolla clavata, sesquipollicaris, lutea, basi 
attenuata; oris laciniis magnis, revolutis. 
Blossom club-shaped, an inch and a half long, 
yellow, and tapering to the base: the segments 
of the mouth are large, and rolled back. 
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria, recep- 
taculo inserta; antheris bifidis, basi bicornibus, 
exsertis. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, fixed to the 
receptacle: the tips are cleft, two-horned at 
their base, and without the blossom. 
Pistillum. Germen cylindricum, sulcatum. 
Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum. 
Pointal. Seed-vessel cylinder-shaped, and 
furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four- 
cornered. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonas Spei. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Floret a mense Junii in Augustum. 
Flowers from June till August. 
REFERENTIA. 
REFERENCE. 
1. Calyx et Corolla. 
1. The Empalement and Blossom. 
3. Calyx lente auctus. 
3. The Empalement magnified. 
3. Stamina et Pistillum. 
3. The Chives and Pointal. 
4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anthera una 
lente aucta. 
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal, oile 
tip magnified. 
5. Stylus et Stigma lente aucta. 
5. The Shaft and its Summit magnified. 
