ERICA glutinosa. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis ; corollis gluti- 
nosissirais, verticillatis, confertis, melinis, polli- 
caribus ; foliis senis, micantibus. 
Heath, with beardless tips, within the blos¬ 
soms, which are extremely clammy, in whorls, 
pressed together, of a straw colour, and an inch 
long ; leaves by sixes, shining. 
DESCRI PTIO. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Caulis bipedalis, erectus. Rami simplices, 
longi, raro ramulosi. 
Stem two feet high, and upright. Large 
branches simple, long, and seldom branching. 
Folia sena, linearia, nitida, acuminata, glabra, 
lawiter sulcata, patentia ; petiolis adpressis. 
Leaves by sixes, linear, shining, pointed, 
smooth, slightly furrowed, and spreading. Foot¬ 
stalks pressed to the branches. 
Flores in apicibus ramorum, verticillato- 
conferti, horizontales ; pedunculi breves, bractteis 
tribus calyci adpressis. 
Flowers grow at the summit of the branches, 
pressed together in whorls, and horizontal; foot¬ 
stalks short, having three floral leaves pressed to 
the cup. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
lanceolatis, viscosis, adpressis. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, with spear- 
shaped clammy leaflets, pressed to the blossom. 
Corolla cylindrica, pollicaria, pallido-lutea, 
glutinosissima, nitida, oris laciniis parum reflexis. 
Blossom cylindrica], an inch long, of a pale 
yellow, very clammy, shining, with the segments 
of the mouth slightly reflexed. 
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Stamina. Filamenta octo, capillaria. An¬ 
ther® mutic®, inclus®. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads. The tips 
beardless, within the blossom. 
Pistillum. Germen turbinatum, sulcatum, 
apice pilosum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma 
tetragonum. 
Pointal Seed-vessel turban-shaped, fur¬ 
rowed, and hairy at the top. Shaft thread¬ 
shaped, and without the blossom. Summit four- 
cornered. 
Habitat ad Caput Bon® Spei. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Floret a mense Septembri in Martium. 
Flowers from September till March. 
REFERENTIA. 
REFERENCE. 
1. Calyx et Corolla. 
1. The Empalement and Blossorp. 
2. Calyx lente auctus. 
2. The Empalement magnified. 
3 . Stamina et Pistillum. 
3 . The Chives and Pointal. 
4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta; anthera una 
lente aucta. 
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one 
tip magnified. 
5. Stylus et Stig:ma lente aucta. 
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5. The Shaft and its Summit magnified. 
