ERICA pyramidalis. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Erica, antheris muticis, inclufis; floribus um- 
bellatis, fub-quaternis; corolla pyramidata, car- 
nea, laciniis maximis, eredtis; foliis fub-qua¬ 
ternis, linearibus, pilofis, obtufis. 
Heath, with beardlefs tips, within the bloffom; 
flowers grow in umbels moftly of four; bloffom 
pyramid-ffiaped and fleffi coloured, the fegments 
very large, and upright; leaves grow generally 
by fours, linear, hairy and blunt ended. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Caulis fruticofus, ramofus, flexilis; ramuli 
frequentiffimi, verticillati, fub-quaterni, brevi, 
cernui. 
Stem fhrubby, branching and flexible; lmall 
branches are numerous, grow in whorls, moftly 
by fours, fhort and hanging down. 
Folia fub-quaterna, lincaria, pilofa, tenuia, 
fubtus fulcata; petiolis breviffimis, adpreffis. 
Leaves grow rnoft frequently by fours, are 
linear, hairy, thin and furrowed beneath; foot- 
ftalks very fhort and preffed to the Item. 
Flores in apicibus ramulorum umbellati, 
fub-quaterni; pedunculi recti, colorati, bracteis 
minutis, remotis. 
Flowers grow at the ends of the fmall 
branches in bunches, generally of four; the foot- 
ftalks grow ftraight, are coloured, having the 
floral leaves at a diftance from the bloffom. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis, 
fubulatis, adpreffis. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets awl- 
fhaped, and preffed to the bloffom. 
Corolla campanulato-infundibnliformis, car- 
nea; laciniis limbi acutis, maximis, femiovatis, 
apicibus parum patulis. 
Blossom between bell and funnel-ffiaped, and 
flefh-coloured; the fegments of the border are 
pointed, very large, half egg-fhaped, with the 
ends a little fpreading. 
Stamina. Filamenta o6to capiilaria. An¬ 
thers muticas, inclufas. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads. Tips beard¬ 
lefs, and within the bloffom. 
Pistillum. Germen fub-globofum, apice 
odlo-partitum, compreffum. Stylus ffiiformis, 
eredtus, fubexfertus. Stigma tetragonum. 
Pointal. Seed-bud nearly globular, eight 
diviftons at the top and flattened. Shaft thread- 
fhaped, upright and juft without the bloffom. 
Summit four-cornered. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Floret a menfi Septembris, in Decembrem. 
Flowers from September, till December. 
REFERENTIA. 
REFERENCE. 
I. Calyx, et Corolla. 
1. The Empalement, and Bloffom. 
2. Calyx, lente au<5tus. 
2. The Empalement, magnified. 
3. Corolla. 
3. The Bloffom. 
4.v Stamina a Piftillo didudta. 
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal. - 
5. Andiera una lente audta. 
5. A Tip, magnified. 
0. Piftillum, lente audlum. 
6 . The Pointal and Seed-bud, magnified. 
