ERICA mucofa. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris ariflatis, inclufis; corollis glo- 
bofis, mucolis, fafciculatis, cernuo-patentibus, 
terminalibus; foliis quaternis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis fraticofus, tripedalis, ad bafin fere ra- 
mofus, ramis longis, virgatis, flexuofis. 
Fo li A quaterna,fubtriangularia, linearia, apice 
recurvata, obtufa, glaberrima, fubtas fulcata; bre- 
viflimis petiolis inftrudta. 
Flores plures, terminales, fafciculati, cernuo- 
patentes, mucofi, purpurei fulgenti; pedunculis 
longis, purpureis, 2 feu 3 bracleis, inftrudtis. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
ovatis, obtulis, eredlis, corolla dimidio breviori- 
bus. 
Corolla globofa, limbo quadrilobo, laciniis 
femiorbiculatis, aequalibus, erectis. 
Stamina. Filamenta o£to capillaria, corolla 
breviora, receptaculo inferta. Antherse ariftatae, 
inclulae. 
Pistillum. Germen fubrotundum. Stylus 
filamentis crallior, eredtus. Stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonaa Spei. 
Floret a menfi Augufli ad Decembrem. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Calyx et Corolla. 
2. Calyx et Bradtea lente audla. 
3. Stamina et Piftillum. 
4. Stamina a Pitlillo didudla, anthera una 
lente audta. 
5. Stylus et Stigma lente audla. 
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SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with bearded tips, within the bloffoms; 
which are globe-fhaped, clammy, and in bunches, 
bending downward, fpreading, and terminating 
the branches; leaves growing by fours. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem fhrubby, grows three feet high, branched 
nearly to the bottom, with long, llender, waving 
branches. 
Leaves growing by fours, nearly triangular, 
linear, bent back at the point, blunt, fmooth, and 
furrowed underneath; leaf-hems very fhort. 
Flowers feveral, terminating the branches in 
bunches, bending downward and fpreading, of a 
brilliant purple, and clammy; with very long foot- 
halks, which are furnifhed with 2 or 3 floral- 
leaves. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, which are 
egg-fhaped, blunt, upright, and half the length 
of the bloffom. 
Blossom globe-fhaped, with a four-lobed bor¬ 
der, each divifion forming a half-round, equal, 
and upright. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, fhorter than 
the bloffom, and fixed in the receptacle. Tips 
bearded, and within the bloffom. 
Pointal. Seed-veffel roundifh. Shaft thicker 
than the threads, and upright. Sumniit four- 
cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from Auguft till December. 
reference:. 
1. The Empalement with the Bloffom. 
2 . The Empalement andFloral-leavesmagnified. 
3. The Chives and Pointal. 
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one 
tip magnified. 
5. The Shaft and its Summit magnified. 
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