ERICA Mufcari. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Erica, antheris muticis, inclulis; corollis ob- 
longo-ovatis, obtufe tetragonis; foliis quaternis. 
Heath, with beardlefs tips within the blolfom, 
which is oblong-egg-fhaped, and bluntly four- 
edged; leaves growing by fours. 
DESCRIPTION 
DESCRIPTION. 
Caulis fruticofus, fefquipedalis, teres, ball 
fimplicifiimus, dein ramofus. 
Stem Ihrubby, grows a foot and a half high, 
cylindrical, undivided at the bafe, afterwards 
branching. 
Folia quaterna, linearia, acuta, eredto-paten- 
tia, glaberrima, nitida, dilute viridia, petiolisbre- 
villimis ramis adpreffis. 
Leaves growing by fours, linear, pointed, 
between upright and fpreading, fmooth and tinn¬ 
ing, of a light green, with fhort leaf-items preffed 
to the branches. 
Flores luteoli, fuaviter olentes, faspius qua- 
terni, terminales; pedunculis breviffimis. 
Flowers yellowifh, fweet-fcented, moltly four 
together, tenninating the branches; having very 
Ihort footltalks. 
Calyx. Perianthium duplex; interius tetra- 
phyllum, foliolis erectis, ovatis, carinatis; exterms 
triphyllum, priori incumbens. 
Empalement. Cup double; the inner one 
has four leaves, which are credt, ovate, and keel- 
fhaped; the outer has three leaves, and relts on 
the former. 
Corolla oblongo-ovata, obtufe tetragona, 
fumma parte ardtata, limbo quadrilobo, laciniis 
aequalibus revolutis. 
The Blossom oblong-egg-fhaped, bluntly 
four-edged, contradted at the mouth, which is 
terminated by a four-lobed border, whofe feg- 
ments are equal, and rolled back. 
Stamina. Filamenta odto capillaria, ftylo 
fubaequalia, apice torto, receptaculo inferta. An- 
therae muticae, inclufae, bifidae, dorfales. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, nearly of a 
length with the pointal, crooked at their upper 
part, and fixed in the receptacle. Tips beard¬ 
lefs, within the bloffom, cleft, and fixed to the 
threads at their back. 
Pistillum. Germen obovatum, fulcatum ful- 
cis odto. Stylus linearis, eredtus, corollas fub- 
aequalis. Stigma fubtetragonum. 
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Pointal. Seed-veffel inverfely egg-lhaped, 
furrowed with eight channels. Shaft linear, eredt, 
nearly of a length with the blolTom. Summit 
nearly four-cornered. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonas Spei. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Floret a Martio ad Julium. 
In bloom from March till July. 
REFERENTIA. 
REFERENCE. 
1. Calyx, et Corolla. 
1. The Empalement and BlolTom. 
2. Calyx lente audtus. 
2. The Empalement magnified. 
3. Stamina, et Piftillum. 
3. The Chives and Pointal. 
4. Stamina a Piltillo didudta; anthera una 
lente audta. 
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one 
tip magnified. 
5. Stylus, et Stigma lente audta. 
5. The Shaft and its Summit magnified. 
