ERICA retorta. 
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CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, inclufis; foliis qua'ter- 
nis, retortis, apice fetaceis, margine ciliatis; flo- 
ribus umbellatis, vifcofis, carneis, ampullaceis. 
DESCR1PTI0. 
Caulis fruticofus, pedalis, eredtus, ramofus; 
rami flexuofi, filiformes. 
Folia quaterna, retorta, feta terminali arif- 
tata, margine ciliata, glabra, fupra plana, fubtus 
fulcata; petioli breviflimi, adpreffi. 
Flores plures, fubterminales,.faepe quatuor, 
verticillati, vifcofi; pedunculi longi, bradieis tri¬ 
bus inflructi. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
arifiatis, apice ciliatis, fubovatis, vifcofis, adpref- 
fis. 
Corolla, bafi inflata, apice attenuata, ima 
parte carnea, fumma faturate purpurea, ore arc- 
tata, laciniis ovatis, reflexis. 
Stamina. Filamenta odto capillaria, recep- 
taculo inferta. Antherae inclufae, villofo-muticse. 
Pi stillum. Germen clavatum; ftylus exfer- 
tus, purpureus; ftigma tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Floret a menfe Julii, in Odtobrem. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Folium unum lente audtum. 
2. Calyx, et Corolla. 
3. Calyx, lente audtus. 
4. Stamina, et Piftillum. 
5. Stamina a Piftillo didudta; anthera una 
lente audta. 
6. Stylus, et Stigma lente audta. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with beardlefs tips, within the blofiom; 
the leaves grow by fours, are rolled back, having 
briftles at their points, and fringed at their edges; 
the flowers grow in bunches, are clammy, flefh 
coloured, and flafk-fhaped. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem fhrubby, grows about a foot high, and 
upright; the branches are crooked, and thread- 
fliaped. 
The Leaves grow by fours, are rolled back, 
terminating with an awn-like brittle, fringed at 
the edges, fmooth, flat on the upper and fur¬ 
rowed on the under part, having fhort foot-flalks 
prefled to the branches. 
The Flowers are numerous, nearly terminal, 
moftly by fours, in whorls, and clammy; the 
foot-ftalks are long, having three floral leaves. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, which are 
each terminated by a brittle, the ends fringed, 
nearly oval, clammy, and prefled to the bloflom. 
The Blossom is fwelled out at the bafe, and 
tapers to the point, the lower part is of a flefh 
colour, the upper deep purple, ttraightened at 
the mouth, whofe fegments are egg-thaped, and 
bent back. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads fixed into 
the receptacle. The tips are within the bloflom, 
beardlefs, and covered with hairs. 
Pointal. Seed - veflel club-fhaped; fhaft 
without the bloflom, and purple; fummit four- 
cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from July, till October. 
REFERENCE. 
1. One leaf magnified. 
2. The Empalement, and Bloflom. 
3. The Empalement magnified. 
4. The Chives and Pointal. 
5. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one 
tip magnified. 
6. The Shaft and its Summit magnified. 
