ERICA pubefcens. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris ariftatis, inclufis; ftylo fub- 
exferto; corollis ovatis, pubefcentibus; foliis 
quaternis, arcuatis, incurvatis, hirtis; caule pi- 
lofo. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis fruticofus, ramofus, pilofus; rami et 
ramuli piloii, filiformes, virgati. 
Folia quaterna, faspe tema, obtufa, villofa, 
incurva, arcuata, fubtus fulcata; petiolis brevif- 
iimis adprelfis. 
Flores in ramulis terminales, umbellati, bini, 
temi, vel plures, copioli, purpurei; pedunculi 
capillares, bradleis tribus, hirfutis, inftrudti. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
pilofis, rufefcentibus, fubulatis, apicibus colo- 
ratis, obtuiis. 
Corolla, ovata, obtufa, villofa; oris laciniis 
minutis, eredtis. 
Stamina. Filamenta odto capillaria. An¬ 
ther® ariftatae, inclufas. 
Pistillum. Germen ovatum, ad bafin glan- 
dulofum. Stylus filiformis, purpureus. Stigma 
ad balin peltatum, apice tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Floret a menli Augulii, in Februarium. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Folium, audlum. 
2. Calyx, et Corolla. 
3. Calyx, audtus. 
4. Stamina et Pillillum. 
5. Stamina, lente audta. 
6. Germen, Stylus et Stigma, lente audla. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with bearded tips, within the blolfom; 
lhaft juft without; bloffoms egg-lhaped and 
downy; leaves grow by fours, bowed, turned 
inwards, and hairy; Item hairy. 
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DESCRIPTION. 
Stem fhrubby, branching and hairy; the 
large and fmall branches are hairy; thread- 
fhaped, and twiggy. 
Leaves grow by fours, often by threes, 
blunt, hairy, turned inwards, bowed, and fur¬ 
rowed beneath; having very Ihort foot-ftalks 
prefied to the Item. 
Flowers terminate the fmall branches in 
umbels of two, three, or more, are very abun¬ 
dant, and purple; foot-ftalks are hair-like, hav¬ 
ing three hairy floral-leaves on them. 
Empalement. Cup of four leaves, which 
are hairy, rough, awl-fhaped, coloured at the 
ends, and blunt. 
Blossom egg-lhaped, blunt, and hairy; the 
fegments of the mouth are fmall and upright. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads. Tips bearded, 
and within the blolfom. 
Pointal. Seed-bud egg-lhaped and glan¬ 
dular at the bafe. Shaft thread-lhaped and pur¬ 
ple. Summit fhield-lhaped at the bafe, and 
four-cornered at the top. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from Auguft, till February. 
REFERENCE. 
]. A leaf, magnified. 
2. The Empalement, and Bloflom. 
3. The Empalement, magnified. 
4. The Chives, and Pointal. 
5. The Chives, magnified. 
6 . The Seed-bud, Shaft, and its Summit, mag¬ 
nified. 
