ERICA cernua. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris criftatis, inclulis; floribus um- 
bellatis, cernuis, fecundis, fub-ovatis, pallide- 
carneis; foliis quaternis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis fruticofus, eredtus, pedalis; rami 
fub-fimplices, eredlo-patenti. 
Folia quaterna, linearia, obtufa, fubtus ful- 
cata, fub-fcabrida; petiolis breviffimis, adpreflis. 
Flores in apice ramorem umbellati, cernui; 
pedunculi longi, colorati, bradteis tribus, linea- 
ribus, inftru&i. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
minutis, fubulatis, ciliatis, coloratis. 
Corolla fub-ovata, pallide-carnea; laciniis 
limbi acuminatis, fub-credtis. 
Stamina. Filamenta odlo capillaria apice 
introrfum declinata. Antherse criftatre, inclufae. 
Pistillum. Germen turbinatum, fulcatum. 
Stylus cylindricus, fub-inclufus. Stigma obfolete 
tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonas Spei. 
Floret a menli Augufti in Decembrem. 
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REFERENTIA. 
1. Calyx, et Corolla. 
2. Calyx, lente audtus. 
3. Stamina a Piftillo didudta, anthera una 
lente audta. 
4. Germen, Stylus, et Stigma, lente audta. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with crefted tips, within the bloffom; 
the flowers grow in bunches, nodding, all point¬ 
ing one way, nearly egg-fhaped, and of a pale 
flefh colour; leaves growing by fours. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem fhrubby,upright, and grows a foot high; 
the branches are almoft Ample, upright, and 
fpreading. 
Leaves grow by fours, linear, blunt, chan¬ 
nelled beneath, and roughifh ; having very fhort 
foot-ftalks preffed to the branches. 
Flowers grow in bunches, at the end of the 
branches, nodding; the foot-ftalks are long and 
coloured, with three linear floral-leaves on them. 
Empalement. Cup of four leaves, which 
are fmall, awl-fhaped, fringed, and coloured. 
Blossom, nearly egg-fhaped, of a pale flefh- 
colour; the fegments of the border tapered, and 
nearly upright. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, bent down¬ 
ward on the inner fide. Tips crefted, and within 
the blofl'om. 
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-fhaped, and chan 
nelled. Shaft cylindrical juft within the blol 
fom. Summit obfcurely four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from Auguft, till December. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement, and Bloflorm 
2. The Empalement, magnified. 
3. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one 
tip magnified. 
4. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit, mag¬ 
nified. 
