ERICA radiata. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
1 SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Erica, antheris muticis, inclufis; flylo exferto; 
floribus horizontaliter-verticillatis, terminalibus; 
corollis fub-cylindricis, pollicaribus, laciniis re- 
volutis; foliis quatemis, glabris, patentibus. 
Heath, with beardlefs tips, within the blofl’om; 
ffiaft without; flowers terminate the branches in 
horizontal whorls; bloffoms nearly cylindrical, 
an inch long, with the fegments of the border 
rolled back; leaves grow by fours, fmooth and 
fpreading. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Caulis fruticofus, eredtus, fub-pedalis, ramo- 
fus; rami fub-fimplices, patento-eredti, glabri. 
Stem ffirubby, upright, grows near afoot high, 
and branching; the branches nearly Ample, 
fpreading upright and fmooth. 
Folia quaterna, linearia, patentia, fubtus ful- 
cata, fupra plana, glabra; petiolis adpreffis. 
Leaves grow by fours, linear, fpreading, fur¬ 
rowed on the under part, flat on the upper part and 
fmooth; the foot-llalks prefled to the branches. 
Flores in ramulorum apice yerticillati, ho- 
rizontaliter fiti; pedunculi foliorum longitudine, 
bradteis tribus, fubulatis, inftrudti. 
Flowers grow in whorls at the ends of the 
finaller branches, Handing horizontally; the 
foot-flalks the length of the leaves, having three 
awl-ffiaped floral leaves. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
fubulatis, adpreffis. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, the leaflets 
are awl-ffiaped, and prefled to the bloflom. 
Corolla fubcylindrica, calyce triplo longior; 
oris laciniis revolutis. 
Blossom almofl: cylinder-ffiaped, thrice the 
length of the cup; the fegments of the mouth 
are rolled back. 
Stamina. Filamenta odlo capillaria. An- 
therae muticae, inclufae. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads. Tips beard¬ 
lefs, and within the bloflom. 
Pistillum. Germen clavatum, fulcatum. 
Stylus filiformis, exfertus. Stigma tetragonum. 
Pointal. Seed-bud club-ffiaped, and fur¬ 
rowed. Shaft thread-ffiaped and without the 
bloflom. Summit four-cornered. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Floret a menli Augufli, in Novembrem. 
Flowers from Auguft, till November. 
REFERENTIA. 
REFERENCE. 
1. Flos. 
1. The Flower. 
2. Calyx, lente audtus. 
2. The Empalement, magnified. 
3. Stamina, et Piftillum. 
3. The Chives, and Pointal. 
4. Stylus, et Stigma, lente audta. 
4. The Shaft and Summit, magnified. 
