ERICA Plukenetia nana. 
CHARACTER SPECIFIC US. 
Erica antheris muticis, longiffimis, exfertis; 
floribus folitariis, cemuis, bradteis remotis; co¬ 
rolla fub cylindrica, fub-truncata, atro-purpurea; 
oris laciniis minutis, eredtis; calycibus fimplici- 
bus; foliis temis, confertis, inflexis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis fub-pedalis, eredtus, robuftus; rami 
verticillati, patenti; ramuli frequentiffimi, fub- 
eredti. 
Folia tema, linearia, glabra, arcuata, inflexa, 
fubtus fulcata; petiolis fere nullis. 
Flores in medio ramorum ex axillis folioram 
verticillati, folitarii; pedunculi longilfimi, brac- 
teis minutis, remotis. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
glabris, carinatis, ovatis, acutis, coloratis, ad- 
preffis. 
Corolla fub-cylindrica, fub-truncata, glabra, 
atro-purpurea; laciniis limbi obtulis, obfoletis, 
viridibus, eredlis. 
Stamina. Filamenta odto, plana, longitudine 
corollae. Anthers mu tics, exfertas, filamentorum 
longitudine, attenuata in filamenta. 
Pistillum. Germen ovatum, glabrum. Sty¬ 
lus filiformis, exfertus, ftaminibus paulo longior. 
Stigma obfolete tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Floret a menli Junii, in Novembrem. 
REFERENTIA, 
1. Calyx et Corolla. 
2. Calyx, lente au£tus. 
3. Stamina, et Piftillum. 
4. Stamina a Piftillo didudta, anthera una 
lente audta. 
5. Stylus, et Stigma, Stigma audtum. 
6 . Germen audtum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath with beardlefs tips, very long, and with¬ 
out the bloffom; flowers grow folitary, hanging 
down, with the floral leaves at a distance; blof¬ 
fom nearly cylindrical, appearing nearly as if cut 
off at the mouth, of a deep purple; the feg- 
ments of the mouth are fmall, and upright; the 
cups fimple; leaves grow by threes, crowded to¬ 
gether, and turned inwards. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem grows nearly a foot high, upright, and 
ffurdy; the branches grow in whorls, fpreading; 
the fmaller branches are numerous, and nearly 
upright. 
Leaves grow by threes, linear, fmooth, bent 
like a bow, turned inward, and furrowed be¬ 
neath ; fcarce any foot-ftalks. 
Fl owers grow in the middle of the branches, 
from the bafe of the leaves in whorls, and fingly; 
the foot-ftalks the length of the blofloms, having 
very fmall floral leaves at a diftance from the cup. 
Empalement. Cup three - leaved, leaflets 
fmooth, keeled, egg-fhaped, pointed, coloured, 
and prefled to the bloffom. 
Bl ossom nearly cylindrical, appearing almoft 
as if cut off at the end, fmooth, and of a deep 
purple; the fegments of the border blunt, very 
fmall, green, and upright. 
Chives. Eight flat threads, the length of the 
bloffom. Tips beardlefs, without the bloffom, 
the length of the threads, and tapered into them. 
Pointal. Seed-bud egg-fhaped, and fmooth. 
Shaft thread-fhaped, without the bloffom, and a 
little longer than the chives. Summit flightly 
four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from the month of June, till November. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement, and Bloffom. 
2. The Empalement, magnified. 
3. The Chives, and Pointal. 
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal, 
one Tip magnified. 
4. The Shaft, and Summit, the Summit mag¬ 
nified. 
6. The Seed-bud, magnified. 
