ERICA lateralis. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica antheris criftatis, inclufis; corolla pur¬ 
purea, urceolato-campanulata, ad bafin plana; 
pedunculis longiffimis ; flox'ibus umbellatis, ter- 
minalibus, fecundis, cernuis; foliis quaternis, 
obtufis, glaberrimis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis fruticofus, eredtus, pedalis; rami fub- 
fimplices, virgati, filiformes. 
Folia quaterna, linearia, obtula, fub-trigona, 
craffiufcula,breviflime petiolata, petiolis adpreffis. 
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Flores ad apices ramorum ramulorumque 
umbellati, cernui, fecundi, purpurei; pedunculi 
florom triplo longitudine colorati, bradleis tribus 
minutis inftrucli. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
minutis, adpreffis, ciliatis, fubulatis. 
Corolla fub-campanulata ad bafin plana, 
purpurea ; laciniis limbi obtufis, fuberedtis. 
Stamina. Filamenta 06 I 0 , capillaria, apice 
incurvata. Antherae criftatae, atro-purpureas, in¬ 
clude. 
Pistillum. Germen turbinatum, fulcatum, 
ad bafin glandulofum. Stylus ftaminibus longior, 
exfertus. Stigma tetragonum, virefcens. ' 
Habitat ad Caput Bonas Spei. 
Floret a menfe Augufli, in Decembrem. 
REFERENTIA. 
1 . Calyx et Corolla. 
2 . Calyx, audlus. 
3 . Corolla. 
4. Stamina, et Piftillum. 
5. Stamina a Piftillo didudta, anthera una 
lente audta'. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath with crefled tips, within the bloffom; 
which is purple, between bell and pitcher-ffiaped, 
fiat at the bate ; foot-flalks very long; flowers 
grow in umbels at the end of the branches, 
point all one way and hang down; leaves 
grow by fours, are blunt and very fmooth. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem ffirubby, upright, grows a foot high; 
branches nearly fimple, twiggy and thread- 
ffiaped. 
Leaves grow by fours, linear, blunt, almoft 
three-fided, thickiffi, very fhort foot-flalks, which 
are preffed to the Item. 
Flowers grow in umbels, at the end of the 
larger and fmaller branches, nodding, all point¬ 
ing one way, and are purple; foot-flalks thrice 
the length of the flowers, coloured, and three 
fmall floral leaves upon them. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets 
fmall, preffied to the bloffom, fringed and awl- 
ffiaped. 
Blossom approaching to bell-ffiape; the 
lower part flat, and purple; the fegments of the 
border are blunt and rather upright. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, turned in¬ 
wards at the upper part. Tips crefted, deep 
purple, and within the bloffom. 
Point a l. Seed-bud turban-ffiaped, furrowed, 
glandular at the bafe. Shaft longer than the 
chives, without the bloffom. Summit four- 
cornered and greeniffi. 
Native of the Cape of Good Flope. 
Flowers from Augufl, till December. 
REFERENCE. 
1 . The Empalement, and Bloffom. 
2 . The Empalement, magnified. 
3. The Bloffom. 
4. The Chives, and Pointal. 
5. The Chives detached from the Pointal, 
one Tip magnified. 
6 . The Pointal, magnified. 
6 . Piftillum, lente audhim. 
