ERICA Petiveriana. 
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CHARACTER SPECIEICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, exsertis, longissimis; 
corollis clavatis, pollicaribus, luteis; calyce imbri- 
cato, foliis terms. 
DE SCRIPT 10. 
Caulis strictissimus, rigidus, parum ramosus; 
ramulis brevibus, frequentissimis. 
Folia terna, linearia, obtusa, in apicibus ramu- 
lorum fasciculata, petiolis adpressis. 
Flores in medio ramorum, ramulis ultimis ter- 
minales, bini, vel terni, recurvi; pedunculi bre- 
vissimi, bracteis tribus calyciformibus. 
Calyx. Perianthium duplex, imbricatum, in- 
terius tetraphyllum, exterius triphyllum, foliolis 
ovatis, acuminatis, concavis, luteis, glabris. 
Corolla clavata, curvata, lutea, pollicaris, 
glabra, ad basin grossa, quadrifida; oris laciniis 
incurvis, adpressis. 
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria, recepta- 
culo inserta; antherse muticae, exsertse, longis- 
simas. 
Pistillum. Germen ovatum. Stylus filifor- 
mis. Stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Floret a mense April! in Junium. 
REFERENT I A. 
1. Calyx et Corolla. 
2. Corolla. 
3. Calyx lente auctus. 
4. Stamina et Pistillum. 
5. Stamina a Pistillo diduct; anthera una lente 
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aucta. 
6. Stylus et Stigma lente aucti. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with beardless tips, without the blossom, 
and very long; the blossom is club-shaped, an inch 
long, and yellow; the cup is tiled; the leaves 
grow by threes. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem very upright, harsh, very little branched; 
the smaller branches are short, and numerous. 
Leaves grow by threes, are linear, blunt, and 
are bundled together at the end of the small 
branches; the foot-stalks grow close to the branches. 
Flowers terminate the smaller branches about 
the middle of the larger ones, by twos and threes, 
and are bent inwards; the foot-stalks are very 
short, having three floral leaves, which seem to 
form part of the cup. 
Empalement. Cup double, and tiled, the 
inner four-leaved, the outer three-leaved, which 
are oval, pointed, hollow, smooth, and yellow. ' 
Blossom club-shaped, curved, yellow, smooth, 
an inch long, swelled at the base, which is dir 
vided into four; the segments of the mouth are 
bent inwards, and pressed to the filaments. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads fixed into the 
receptacle; tips beardless, very long, and without 
the blossom. 
Pointal. Seed-vessel egg-shaped. Shaft thread¬ 
shaped. Summit four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from April till June. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement and Blossom, 
2. The Blossom. 
3. The Empalement magnified. 
4. The Chives and Pointal. 
5. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one 
tip magnified. 
6. The Shaft and Summit magnified. 
