ERICA cerinthoides. 
CHARACTER SPECIF1CUS. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Erica, antheris muticis, inclulis; corollis tubu- 
lato-ventricofis, lsetc fanguineis, fafciculatis, hil- 
pidis; foliis quaternis, rigidis, ciliatis. 
Heath, with beardlefs tips, within the blof- 
foms, which are of an inflated tubular fbape, of 
a rich blood colour, hairy, and bundled together; 
the leaves grow by fours, are harfh, and lathed. 
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DESCRI PTIO. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Caul is flexibilis, eredtus, cinereus, fefquipe- 
dalis; rami pauci, eredti, raro ramuloti. 
Stem grows upright, pliant, afh-coloured, and 
a foot and a half high; the branches are few, and 
upright, feldom branching. 
Folia quaterna, ciliata, oblonga, convexa, 
fubtus fulco exerata, petiolis brevibus, adpreflis. 
The Leaves grow by fours, are lathed, oblong, 
rounded on the upper furface, and deeply fur¬ 
rowed on the under fide, with fhort foot-ftalks, 
prefled to the Items. 
Flores magni, feffiles, aggefti in capitulum, 
cernui, pedunculi hifpidi, bradteis tribus foliis 
fimilibus inftrudti. 
The Flowers are large, growing in clofe 
bunches, fixed altogether at the end of the 
branches, bending downward; the foot-fialks are 
hairy, having three floral leaves, fimilar to the 
other leaves. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
lanceolatis, hifpidis, foliis limilibus. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, which are 
lance-fhaped, hairy, and like the other leaves. 
Corolla, tubulato-ventricofa, Pete fanguinea, 
hirfuta, ore obfolete quadrifida; pollicaria. 
Blossom, of an inflated tubular form, hairy, 
and of a rich red or blood colour, the mouth 
flightly cut into four fegments; an inch long. 
Stamina. Filamentaodtocapillaria. Antherae 
muticae, inclufae. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads. Tips beard¬ 
lefs, and within the bloflom. 
Pistillum. Germen cylindricum, hirfutum. 
Stylus filiformis, fub-exfertus. Stigma tetrago- 
Pointal. Seed-veflel cylinder fhape, and 
hairy. Style tnread-fhaped, nearly without the 
num. 
bloflom. Summit four-cornered. 
Flabitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Floret a menli Augufii, in Aprilem. 
Flowers from Auguft, till April. 
REFERENTI A. 
REFERENCE. 
1. Calyx, et Corolla. 
1. The Empalement, and Bloflom. 
2. Calyx lente audtus. 
1. The Empalement magnified. 
3. Stamina, et Piftillum. 
3. The Chives, and Pointal. 
A. Stamina a Piftillo didudta; anthera una 
lente audta. 
5. Stylus, et Stigma, lente audta. 
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one 
tip magnified. 
5. The Shaft, and its Summit, magnified. 
5. Stylus, et Stigma, lente audta. 
