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ERICA monadelphia. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Erica, antheris muticis, exsertis, attenuatis in 
filamenta plana. Corolla conica, sanguinea, oris 
laciniis erectis, adpressis. Folia terna. 
Heath, with beardless tips without the blossoms, 
and tapering into filaments, which are flat. The 
blossom is conical, of a blood colour, having 
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the segments of the mouth upright, and pressed 
to the threads. The leaves grow by threes. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
DESCRIPTION - . 
Caulis erectus, sesquipedalis, scaber,.ad basin 
parum ramosus. Ramuli sparsi. 
Stem upright, a foot and a half high, rough, 
branching but little at the base. The smaller 
branches are scattered. 
Folia terna, obtusa, sub-tomentosa, subtus 
sulcata, petiolis brevissimis adpressis. 
Leaves grow by threes, blunt-ended, rather 
downy, channelled underneath, having very 
short foot-stalks pressed to the branches. 
Flores in ramulis, bini vel terni, terminales, 
cernui, in medio ramorum racemum formantes 
speciosissimum; pedunculis brevibus, bracteis 
nullis. 
Flowers grow by twos and threes at the end 
of the smaller branches, hanging down, forming 
a beautiful spike near the middle of the larger 
branches. The foot-stalks are short, without 
floral leaves. 
Calyx. Perianthium duplex, coloratum ; ex- 
terius triphyllum, foliolis lato-ovatis, apicibus 
virescentibus ; interius tetraphyllum, foliolis la- 
tioribus majoribus. 
Empalement. Cup double, and coloured; 
the outer three-leaved, the leaves of a broad 
oval-shape, the ends greenish : the inner is four¬ 
leaved, broader and larger than the former. 
Corolla conica, sub-pollicaris, glabra, san- 
guinea; oris laciniis erectis. 
Blossom cone-shaped, near an inch long, 
smooth, deep red; the segments of the mouth 
upright. 
Stamina. Filamenta octo plana, corolla mul- 
toties longiora, receptaculo inserta; antheris 
muticis, exsertis, attenuatis in filamenta. 
Chives. Eight flat threads, much longer than 
the blossom, fixed into the receptacle; the tips 
beardless, without the blossom, and tapering into 
the filaments. 
Pistillum. Germen ovatum, tenuissime sul¬ 
catum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum. 
Pointal. Seed-vessel egg-shaped, and slightly 
furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four- 
cornered. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonse Spei. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Floret a mense Augusti in Decembrem. 
Flowers from August till December. 
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REFERENTIA. 
REFERENCE. 
1. Calyx et Corolla. 
1. The Empalement and Blossom. 
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. 
5. Stylus et Stigma lente aucta. 
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal ; 
one tip magnified. 
5. The Shaft and Summit magnified. 
5. Stylus et Stigma lente aucta. 
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