ERICA glauca. 
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CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris criftatis, inclalis; floribus um- 
bellatis, terminalibus, livide-purpureis; pedun- 
culis longiflimis; bradteis ovatis, maximis; folia 
tenia, linearia, carnofa, glauca. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis erectus, fragilis, fefquipedalis; rami 
erecti, fubfimplices, longi. 
Folia tenia, linearia, acuta, patentia, fulcata, 
glabra, carnofa, glauca; petiolis adpreflis. 
Flores terminales, umbellati, nutantes; pe- 
dunculi longiflimi, colorati, bradleis ternis, colo- 
ratis, ovatis, concavis inftrudfi. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
ovatis, coloratis, reflexis. 
Corolla fubconica, atro-purpurea, ore arc- 
tata; laciniis reflexis, acuminatis. 
Stamina. Filamenta 06 I 0 , capillaria, recep- 
taculo inferta. Anther® criftatae, ad bafm gib- 
bse, inclufas. 
Pistillum. Germen fubglobofum, fulcatum. 
Stylus inclufus, cylindricus. Stigma peltatum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonas Spei. 
Floret a menfi Maii, in Julium. 
REFERENTIA. 
1 . Calyx, et Corolla. * 
'l. Calyx, lente audtus. 
3 . Stamina, et Piftillum. 
4 . Stamina a Piftillo didudta. 
5. Stamen unum lente au£tum. 
6 . Germen, Stylus, et Stigma; Stigma lente 
audtum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with crefled tips, within the blofloms, 
which grow in bunches, at the end of the branches, 
and are of a livid purple colour; the foot-flalks 
very long; the floral leaves are egg-fhaped, and 
very large; leaves grow by threes, are linear, 
flefhy, and of a fea-green colour. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem upright, brittle, grows a foot and a half 
high; the branches grow upright, with few fmaller 
branches, and long. 
Leaves grow by threes, are linear, pointed, 
fpreading, furrowed, fmooth, flefhy, and of a fea- 
green colour; the foot-flalks preflfed to the ftem. 
Flowers terminate the branches in bunches, 
and grow nodding; the foot-flalks are very long, 
and coloured, having three coloured, egg-fhaped, 
concave, floral leaves. 
Empalement. Cup of four leaves, which 
are egg-fhaped, coloured, and reflexed. 
Blossom, nearly conical, of a dark purple, 
narrowed at the mouth; the fegments reflexed, 
and tapered. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads^ fixed into 
the receptacle. Tips crefled, gouty at the bafe, 
and within the bloflom. 
Pointal. Seed-bud nearly globular, and 
furrowed. Shaft within the bloflom, and cylin- 
der-fhaped. Summit fhield-fhaped. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from May, till July. 
REFERENCE. 
1 . The Empalement, and Bloflom. 
1. The Empalement, magnified. 
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3 . The Chives, and Pointal. 
4 . The Chives detached from the Pointal. 
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5. A Chive, magnified. 
6 . The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit; the 
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i Summit magnified. 
