ERICA ramentacea 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris cristatis, inclusis ; corollis glo- 
bosis, umbellis confertis, rubro-purpureis, pe- 
dunculis longissimis, coloratis; foliis quater- 
nis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis erectus, spithamseus, ramosissimus, ra¬ 
mi et ramuli filiformes, divaricato-patentes. 
Folia quaterna, linearia, subtus sulcata, glabra, 
acuminata. 
Flores plures, terminales, umbellati, conferti; 
pedunculi purpurei, longissimi, capillares, bracteis 
tribus instructi. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
•subulatis, coloratis. 
Corolla globosa, rubro-purpurea, ore con- 
tracto, laciniis minutis, reflexis. 
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria, receptaculo 
inserta ; Antheris cristatis, inclusis. 
Pistillum. Germen globosum, sulcatum; 
Stylus filiformis sub-exsertus. Stigma tetragonum, 
pubescens. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Floret a mense Augusti in Decembrem. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Calyx, et Corolla. 
2. Calyx lente auctus. 
3. Stamina, et Pistillum. 
4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anthera una lente 
aucta. 
5. Stylus, et Stigma, lente aucta. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, whose tips are crested, and within the 
blossoms, which are globe-shaped, growing in 
close bunches, of a reddish-purple colour, having 
very long foot-stalks coloured; the leaves grow by 
fours. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem upright, a span high, very much branch¬ 
ed ; the larger and smaller branches are thread¬ 
shaped, and spread into various directions. 
Leaves grow by fours, are linear, furrowed 
underneath, smooth, and pointed. 
The Flowers are numerous, terminating the 
branches in close bunches ; the foot-stalks are pui-- 
ple, very long, hair-like, and have three floral 
leaves. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, which are 
awl-shaped, and coloured. 
Blossom globe-shaped, of a reddish purple, the 
mouth contracted, the segments of which are very 
small, and bent back. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads fixed into the 
receptacle; the tips crested, and within the blos¬ 
som. 
Pointal. Seed-vessel globe-shaped, and fur¬ 
rowed. Shaft thread-shaped, just without the blos¬ 
som. Summit four-cornered, and downy. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from August till December. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement, and Blossom. 
2. The Empalement magnified. 
3. The Chives, and Pointal. 
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one 
tip magnified. 
.5. The Shaft, and its Summit, magnified. 
