ERICA obliqua. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris basi bicornibus, inclusis; stylo 
sub-exserto; corollis ovatis, laciniis ovalibus, 
maximis, erectis; floribus umbellatis, termina- 
libus, pedunculis pollicaribus; foliis oblique 
sparsis, truncatis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis fruticosus, pedalis; rami simplices, 
longi, filiformes. 
Folia sparsa, sa?pe vero quaterna, linearia, 
arcuata, margine glanduloso-denticulata, glabra, 
truncata, petiolis tenuissimis. 
Flores numerosi, sub apice ramorum um- 
bellati; pedunculi flore triplo longiores, colorati, 
viscidi, bracteis tribus linearibus instructi. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetrapliyllum; foliolis 
minutis, linearibus, viscosis, adpressis. 
Corolla sub-globosa, purpurea, magnitu- 
dine pisi; laciniis limbi maximis, erectis. 
Stamina. Filamenta octo, plana, linearia, 
apice incurvata; anthera ad basin bicornutte, 
inclus$. 
Pistillum. Germen tiara-forme, sulcatum; 
glandule octo ad basin germinis; stylus cylin- 
dricus, sub-exsertus ; stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonas Spei. 
Floret a mense Augusti in Decembrem. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Folium lente auctum. 
2. Flos. 
3. Calyx lente auctus. 
4. Stamina et Pistillum. 
5 . Stamina a Pistillo diducta, lente aucta. 
6. Pistillum lente auctum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with tips two-horned at the base, and 
within the blossom ; the shaft just without; bios- 
\ 
soms egg-shaped, the segments of the border 
oval, very large, and upright; flowers grow in 
bunches, and terminate the branches; the foot¬ 
stalks an inch long; the leaves grow scattered 
obliquely, appearing cut off at the ends. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem shrubby, grows a foot high; the 
branches simple, long, and thread-shaped. 
Leaves grow scattered, sometimes by fours, 
linear, arched, appearing toothed by small glands 
at the edge, smooth, seeming cut off at the ends, 
and with very slender footstalks. 
Flowers numerous, growing in umbels at 
the end of the branches; the footstalks thrice 
the length of the flower, coloured, clammy, and 
having three linear floral leaves. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved; the leaflets 
very small, linear, clammy, and pressed to the 
blossom. 
Blossom almost globular, purple, the size of 
a pea; the segments of the border very large and 
upright. 
Chives. Eight flat threads, linear, bent in¬ 
ward at the points; tips two-horned at the 
base, and within the blossom. 
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped and fur¬ 
rowed ; eight glands at the base of the seed-bud ; 
shaft cylindrical, and just without the blossom ; 
summit four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from August till December. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A Leaf magnified. 
2. A Flower. 
3. The Empalement magnified, 
4. The Chives and Pointal. 
5. The Chives detached from the Pointal, 
magnified. 
6. The Pointal magnified. 
