ERICA. 
HEATH. 
CLASSIS VIII. ORDO I. 
0 CTANDR1A MONOGYNIA. 
CHARACTER GENERICUS. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis ofato- 
oblongis, perliftentibus. 
Corolla monopetala, campanulata, quadri- 
fida, faepe ventricofa. 
Stamina. Filamenta octo, capillaria, recep- 
taculo inferta. Anther<e apice bifidae. 
Pistillum. Germen fubrotundum, fuperam. 
Stylus filiformis, eredtus, ftaminibus Iongior. Stig¬ 
ma coronulatum, tetragonum, quadrifidum. 
Pericarpium. Capful a fubrotunda, calyce 
minor, tecta, quadrilocularis, quadri valvis; dif- 
fepimentis cum futuris coeuntibus. 
Semina numerofa, minima. 
Obf. Dantur fpecies calyee duplice. 
Figura Corollas ex ovata , tubulofa , ventricofa, et 
oblonga, in diverfis varia ejl. 
Antheras in aliis emarginata, in aliis bicornutce, 
criftatce, ariftata, muticse, vel penicillatus; in- 
clufts vel exfertse. 
ESSENTIALIS CHARACTER. 
Calyx tetraphyllus. Corolla quadrifida. 
Filamenta receptaculo inferta. 
Antherce bifidae. Capfula quadri-locularis. Dif- 
fepimenta valvularum margine. 
CLASS VIII. ORDER I. 
Eight Chives. One Pointal. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved; leaflets between 
egg-fhaped and oblong, remaining. 
Blossom one petal, bell-fhaped, four-cleft, 
often bellied. 
Chives. Threads eight, hair-like, inferted into 
the receptacle. Tips two-cleft at the end. 
Pointal. Seed-bud roundifh, above. Shaft 
thread-fhaped, upright, longer than the chives. 
Summit crowned, four-cornered, four-cleft. 
Seed-Vessel. Capfule roundifh, lefs than 
the cup, covered, four-celled, four-valved; parti¬ 
tions meeting with the futures. 
Seeds numerous, very small. 
Obf. There are fome fpecies with a double cup. 
The figure of the bloffom as to egg-fhape, tu¬ 
bular, bellied and oblong , differs in different 
fpecies. 
The Tips in fome are notched at the end, in others 
two-horned, crefled , bearded, beardlefs, or pen¬ 
cilled; within the bloffom, or without. 
ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. 
Cup four-leaved. Bloffom four-cleft. 
Threads inferted into the receptacle. 
Tips two-cleft. Capfule four-celled. Parti¬ 
tions from the edge of the valves. 
