ERICA pulchella. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, inclufis; flores fub-glo- 
bofi, incarnati, axillares, paniculati; caulis fili- 
formis, flexuofus; folia terna, trigona, fexfariam 
imbricata. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis flexuofus, pedalis, glaber; rami flex- 
uofi, fub-fimplices, filiformes, longi. 
Folia terna, trigona, glabra, obtufa, lexfari- 
am imbricata, fub-erefla; petiolis breviflimis, ad- 
preflis. 
Flores in fummis ramulis paniculati, axil¬ 
lares; pedunculi longiflimi, bradleis tribus, mi- 
nutis, remotis, inftrudti. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
ciliatis, concavis, adpreflis, ovatis. 
Corolla fub-globofa, parva, incarnata, laci- 
niis minutis, eredtis. 
Stamina. Filamenta odto capillaria, recep- 
taculo inferta. Antherae muticae, inclufae. 
Pistillum. Germen globofum. Stylus cy- 
lindricus, inclufus. Stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Floret a menfi Augufti, in Februarium. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Folium unum, lente audtum. 
2. Corolla, et Calyx. 
3. Calyx, lente audtus. 
4. Stamina a Piflillo didudta. 
5. Stamen unum lente audtum. 
6. Germen, Stylus, et Stigma, lente audta. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with beardlefs tips, within the bloflom; 
the flowers nearly globular, flefh coloured, and 
grow from the lower part of the leaves, clofe to 
the branches, forming a loofe fpike; flem thread- 
fhaped, growing zig-zagged; leaves grow by 
threes, three-flded, tiled, and forming flx edges. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem grows zig-zagged, a foot high, and 
fmooth; branches like the flem, grow nearly Am¬ 
ple, thread-fhaped, and long. 
Leaves grow by threes, three-flded, * fmooth, 
blunt, forming fix edges, and almoft upright; 
the foot-ftalks are very Ihort, and prefled to the 
branches. 
Flowers grow in loofe fpikes, near the ends 
of the fmall branches from the lower part of the 
leaves; the foot-flalks very long, having three 
fmall floral leaves near the lower part. 
Empalement. Cup of four leaves, which 
are fringed, concave, prefled to the bloflom, and 
egg-fhaped. 
Blossom, almoft globular, fmall, and flefli- 
coloured; the fegments fmall, and upright. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, fixed into 
the receptacle. Tips beardlefs, and within the 
bloflom. 
Pointal. Seed-bud globular. Shaft cylin¬ 
drical, and within the bloflom. Summit four- 
cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from Auguft, till February. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A Leaf, magnified. 
2. The Bloflom, and Empalement. 
3. The Empalement, magnified. 
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal. 
5. A Chive, magnified. 
6 . The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit, mag¬ 
nified. 
