ERICA flexuofa. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, exfertis, rubris; corollis 
minutis, albidis, fub-campanulatis; bra6t® alb®, 
calyciformes; rami flexuofi; foliis ternis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis fruticus, pedalis vel paulo ultra, inferne 
nudus, eretdus; rami flexuoli, virgati; ramuli bre- 
viffimi, fub-terni. 
Folia terna, linearia, glabra, acuta, fubtus 
fulcata; petiolis adpreffis. 
Flores in ultimis ramulis terminales, fub- 
terni; pedunculi albo-tomentofi, bra£te® albid®, 
juxta balin calycis lit®. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
ovatis, acuminatis, concavis, albidis, adpreffis. 
Corolla minuta, fub-campanulata, albida, 
glabra; oris laciniis adpreffis. 
Stamina. Filamenta odto capillaria apice 
incurvata. Anther® mutic®, exfert®, rubr®. 
Pistillum. Germen fub-rotundum, fulca- 
tum. Stylus ffiiformis, exfertus. Stigma pelta- 
tum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bon® Spei. 
Floret a menli Aprili, in Julium. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Calyx, et Corolla. 
2. Corolla. 
3. Calyx lente audtus. 
4. Stamina, et Piltillum. 
5. Stamina a Piffillo dkhnSla; anthera una 
lente au6ta. 
6. Germen, Stylus, et Stigma, lente au6ta. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with beardlefs tips, red, and without 
the bloffoms, which are fmall, white, almoll bell- 
fhaped; the floral leaves are white, and refemble 
the cup; the branches grow zig-zag; the leaves 
grow by threes. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem ffirubby, grows rather more than a foot 
high, naked beneath, and upright; the branches 
grow zig-zagged, and twiggy; the fmaller branches 
are ffiort, and grow mofily by threes. 
The Leaves grow by threes, are linear and 
fmooth, ffiarp, furrowed underneath; the foot- 
lialks preffed to the Hem. 
The Flowers terminate the ends of the fmaller 
branches, moltly by threes; the foot-ltalks are of 
a downy white; the floral leaves are white, and 
placed clofe to the cup. - 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, which are 
egg-lhaped, pointed, concave, white, and preffed 
to the bloffom. 
Blossom fmall, nearly bell-lhaped, white, and 
fmooth; the fegments of the mouth are preffed 
to the threads. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, bent inwards 
at the end. Tips are red, beardlefs, and without 
the bloffom. 
Pointal. Seed-veffel nearly round, and fur¬ 
rowed. Shaft thread-lhaped, and without the 
bloffom. Summit fhield-lhaped. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from April, till July. 
REFERENCE. 
]. The Empalement, and Bloffom. 
2. The Bloffom. 
3. The Empalement magnified. 
4. The Chives, and Pointal. 
5. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one 
i - 
tip magnified. 
6. The Seed-veffel, Shaft, and its Summit, 
magnified. 
