ERICA Maffonia. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, inclulis; corollis fub- 
cylindricis, vifcofis, fpeciofiflimis, tricoloratis; fo- 
liis lubquatemis, pilis longis veftitis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis fruticofus, erectus, bipedalis, ball fim- 
plicifiimus, dein ramofus, rami fuberedti, foliis 
toti tedti. 
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Folia fubquaterna, oblonga, ferrata, pilis 
longis veftita, fupra plana, fubtus fulcata, petio- 
lis breviffimis adpreffis. 
Flores fubterminales, plures, fimplice verti- 
cillati, cernuo-patenti, pedunculi pilofi, foliolis 
tribus fubtus infirudti. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
lanciolatis, hirfutis, adpreffis, apicibus revolu- 
tis. 
Corolla fubcylindracea, micans, vifcofa, ru¬ 
bra, lutea et viridia fpeciofiffime colorata, ore 
ardlato, quadrifido. 
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Stamina. Filamenta odto capillaria, longi- 
tudine tubi, receptaculo inferta. Antheree mu- 
tics. 
Pistillum. Germen clavatum, fulcatum. 
Stylus filiformis, fubexfertus. Stigma tetrago- 
num. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonas Spei. 
Floret a menfi Augufti ad Decembrem. 
REFERENT I A. 
1. Calyx et Corolla. 
2. Calyx lente audtus. 
3. Stamina et Piftillum. 
4. Stamina a Piftillo diducta, anthera una - 
lente audta. 
5. Stylus et Stigma lente audta. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with beardlefs tips, within the bloffom, 
which are nearly cylindrical, clammy, molt beau¬ 
tiful, and three-coloured; the leaves grow motlly 
by fours, and are entirely covered with long hairs. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem fhrubby, upright, grows two feet high, 
limple at the bafe, then branching, the branches 
nearly upright, and quite covered by the leaves. 
Leaves grow moftly by fours, oblong, fawed, 
clothed with long hairs, fmooth on the upper, 
and furrowed on the under part, having very 
fhort leaf-hems preffed to the branches. 
Flowers are numerous, in tingle whorls, near 
the fummit of the branches, bending downward, 
and fpreading, the foot-ftalks hairy, with three 
fmall leaves fixed on their under part. 
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Empalement. Cup four-leaved, which are 
lance-fhaped, hairy, preffed to the bloffom, and 
rolled back at the point. 
Bl ossom nearly cylindrical, fhining, clammy, 
and moft beautifully coloured with red, yellow, 
and green, narrow at the mouth, which is di¬ 
vided into four fegments. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, the length 
of the bloffom, fixed into the receptacle. Tips 
beardlefs. 
Pointal. Seed-veffel club-fhaped, and fur¬ 
rowed. Shaft thread-fhaped, rather without the 
bloffom. Summit four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from Auguft till December. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement and Bloffom. 
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. 
