ERICA Bankfia 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antherae muticae, exfertae, attenuata in 
filament a plana; corolla cylindrica, viridi-lutea; 
caulis decumbens, fub-fpithamaeus; folia terna. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis decumbens, rigidus, fcaber, fub-fpi- 
thamasus, ramoiillimus; ramulis brevibus. 
Folia terna, fubulata, trigona, acuminata, 
fubtus tenuiffime fulcata, fupra plana, glabra, 
profunde viridia ; petiolis breviflimis, adpreflis. 
Flores in ultimis ramulis, bini vel terni, cer- 
nui; pedunculi breviffimi, bradteis nullis. 
Calyx* Perianthium duplex, exterms triphyl- 
lum, foliolis lato-ovatis, rigidis, carinatis, acu- 
minatis; interius tetraphyllum, foliolis flaccidis, 
linearibus, longioribus. 
Corolla cylindrica, ad balin parum inflata, 
viridi-lutea, oris laciniis revolutis. 
Stamina. Filamenta odto linearia, plana, co¬ 
rolla multoties longiora, receptaculo inferta. An- 
theras muticae, exfertas, nec filamentis diftinguen- 
dis. 
Pistillum. Germen fub-ovatum* Stylus 
filiformis, exfertus. Stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Floret a menfi Februarii, in Julium. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Calyx, et Corolla, 
2. Calyx lente aubtus. 
3. Stamina, et Piftillum. 
4. Stamina a Piftillo didu&a; anthera una 
lente aubta. 
5. Stylus, et Stigma, lente aubta. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, whofe tips are beardlefs, without the 
bloffom, and tapering into threads, which are 
flat; the bloffom is cylindrical, of a greenifh yel¬ 
low; the flem droops, is fcarce a fpan high; the 
leaves grow by threes. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem drooping, harfh, rough, lefs than a fpan 
in height, and very much branched; the fmaller 
branches are fhort. 
The Leaves grow by threes, are awl-fhaped, 
three-fided, and fharp-pointed, flightly chan¬ 
nelled on the under part, fmooth on the upper, 
and flat, of a deep green colour, having fhort 
foot-flalks preffed to the Rem. 
Flowers grow by twos or threes at the end of 
the fmaller branches, hanging down; the foot- 
ftalks are very fhort, without any floral leaves. 
Empalement. Cup double, the outer three¬ 
leaved, which are of a broad egg-fhape, harfh, 
keeled, and fharp pointed; the inner is four¬ 
leaved, longer than the former, linear, and limber. 
The Blossom is cylindrical, flightly fwelled 
at the bafe, of a greenifh-yellow; the fegments 
of the mouth are rolled back. 
Chives. Eight linear, flat threads, much longer 
than the bloffom, fixed into the receptacle. Tips 
beardlefs, without the bloffom, and not to be 
diftinguifhed from the threads. 
Pointal. Seed-veffel nearly oval. Shaft 
thread-fhaped, and without the bloffom. Sum¬ 
mit four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from February, till July. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement, and Bloffom. 
2. The Empalement magnified. 
3. The Chives, and Pointal. 
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one 
tip magnified. 
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5. The Shaft, and its Summit, magnified. 
