ERICA incarnata. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris criftatis, fubinclufis; corollis 
fubovatis, carneis; pedunculis longiffimis, colora- 
tis; foliis quaternis. 
DESCRIPTIO, 
Caulis fuberedtus, pedalis ramolillimus, rami, 
et ramuli, flexuofi, divaricato patente. 
Folia quaterna, obtufa, linearia, glabra, fub- 
tus fulcata; petiolis breviflimis, adpreflis. 
Flores terminales, racemum denfe formantes; 
pedunculi longiffimi, purpurei, bradteis tribus 
inftrudti. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
ovatis, carinatis, acuminatis. 
Corolla fubovata, cernua, carnea, ore con- 
tradto, laeviflime quadrifido, laciniis eredtis. 
Stamina. Filamenta odto capillaria, reccp- 
taculo inferta. Antheras criftatae, fub-inclufe. 
Pistillum. Germen fubrotundum. Stylus 
filiformis, exfertus. Stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonas Spei. 
Floret a menli Julii, in Odtobrem. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Calyx, et Corolla. 
2. Calyx lente audtus. 
3. Stamina, et Piftillum. 
4. Stamina a Piftillo didudta; anthera una 
lente audta. 
5. Stylus, et Stigma, lente audta. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with crefted tips, nearly within the 
bloffoms, which are aim oft egg-fhaped, and 
flefh-coloured; the foot-ftalks are very long, and 
coloured ; the leaves grow by fours. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem nearly upright, a foot high, and very 
much branched; the larger and fmaller branches 
grow zigzag, and fpread outward. 
Leaves grow by fours, are blunt, linear, 
fmooth, and furrowed underneath; with fhort 
foot-ftalks prefled to the branches. 
The Flowers grow at the end of the fmaller 
branches, forming a clofe bunch; the foot-ftalks 
are very long, and purple, having three floral 
leaves. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, which are 
egg-fhaped, keeled, and pointed. 
Blossom nearly egg-fhaped, bending down¬ 
ward, and flefh-coloured, the mouth contradted, 
but flightly cut into four upright fegments. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, fixed into the 
receptacle. Tips crefted, nearly within the blof- 
fom. 
Pointal. Seed-veflel nearly round. Shaft 
thread-fhaped, and without the bloflom. Sum¬ 
mit four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from July, till October, 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement, and Bloflom. 
2. The Empalement magnified. 
3. The Chives, and Pointal. 
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one 
tip magnified. 
5. The Shaft, and its Summit, magnified. 
