ERICA campanulata. 
CHARACTER SPECXFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, inclufis; floribus foli- 
tariis, cernuis; calycibus coloratis ; corollis glo- 
bofo-campanulatis, luteis; foliis quaternis, line- 
aribus, anguftiflimis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis fruticofus, pedalis, erectus, filiformis; 
rami et ramuli filiformes, virgati, glabri. 
Folia quaterna, linearia, angufta, glabra, 
ere&a; petiolis breviflimis, adpreilis. 
Flores terminales, fubfolitarii, cernui; pe- 
dunculi colorati, bradeis tribus, coloratis, fubu- 
latis, intlrudi. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
ovatis, acuminatis, concavis, adprelfis, coloratis. 
Corolla globofo-campanulata, lutea; laciniis 
femi-ovatis, fubreflexis. 
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Stamina. Filamenta odo, capillaria, incur- 
vata. Antherae muticas, inclufae. 
Pistillum. Germen fub-globofum. Stylus 
columnaris. Stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Floret a menti Junii, in Auguftum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with beardlefs tips, within the blolTom ; 
flowers grow fingly, hanging down; cups co¬ 
loured; bloflotns globularly bell-fhaped, and yel¬ 
low; leaves grow by fours, are linear, and very 
narrow. 
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DESCRIPTION. 
Stem fhrubby, grows a foot high, upright, and 
thread-fhaped; the greater and fmaller branches 
are thread-fhaped, twiggy, and fmooth. 
Leaves grow by fours, linear, narrow, fmooth, 
and upright; very fhort foot-ftalks, prefled to 
the branches. 
Flowers grow moftly folitary, at the end of 
the fmaller branches, hanging down; the foot- 
flalks are coloured, having three awl-fhaped, 
coloured floral leaves on them. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg- 
fhaped, pointed, concave, prefled to the blof- 
fom, and coloured. 
Blossom, globularly bell-fhaped, and yellow; 
the fegments half egg-fhaped, and a little re¬ 
flexed. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, curved in¬ 
wards. Tips beardlefs, and within the bloflom. 
Pointal. Seed-bud nearly globe-fhaped. 
Shaft pillar-fhaped. Summit four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
REFERENTIA. 
1 . Calyx, et Corolla. 
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2 . Corolla. 
3 . Calyx, lente audlus. 
4 . Stamina, et Piflillum. 
5 . Anthera una, audta. 
Flowers from June, till Auguft. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement, and Bloflom. 
2 . The Bloflom. 
3 . The Empalement, magnified. 
4 . The Chives, and Pointal. 
5 . A Tip, magnified. 
6 . The Pointal, magnified. 
6 . Piflillum, lente audtum. 
