ERICA Sefaana, viridis. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, exertis, longissimis ; 
corolla conica, sub-viridis, laciniis obtusis, rec- 
tis; floribus terms, terminalibus, dependentibus; 
calyx duplex, imbricatus; foliis ternis, reflexis, 
confertis, arcuatis. 
DESdRIPTIO. 
Caulis robustus, erectus, pedalis; rami tecti 
ramulis brevissimis, confertis. 
Folia terna, linearia, arcuata, conferta, sub- 
trig'ona, reflexa, apice acuta, brevissime petiolata. 
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Flores terni, in apice ramulorum brevissi- 
morum cernui. 
Calyx. Perianthium duplex; exterius tri- 
phyllum, foliolis lato-ovatis, membranaceis, ad- 
pressis, imbricatis ; interius tetraphyllum, foliolis 
majoribus. 
Corolla conica, calyce duplo longior, pal- 
lide-viridis; laciniis limbi obtusis, rectis. 
Stamina. Filamenta octo, linearia, plana; 
antherae muticas, exsertaj, longissimie, sub-rubrse. 
Pistillum. Germen conicum. Stylus filifor- 
mis, exsertus, staminibus paulo longior. Stigma 
tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Floret in mense Aprilis. 
REFERENTIA. 
1; Calyx et Corolla. 
2. Calyx lente auctus. 
3. Corolla. 
4. Stamina et Pistillum. 
5. Stamen unum auctum. 
6. Pistillum lente auctum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with beardless tips, without the blossom, 
and very long; blossom conical and greenish, 
having the segments of the mouth blunt, and 
straight; the flowers grow by threes, at the end 
of the branches, hanging down; cup double and 
tiled; the leaves grow by threes, are bent back¬ 
ward, crowded together, and arched. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem sturdy, upright, and a foot high; the 
branches are covered with very short lesser 
branches, crowded together. 
Leaves grow by threes, are linear, arched, 
crowded together, nearly three-sided, reflexed, 
sharp-pointed, and on very short footstalks. 
Flowers grow by threes, at the end of the 
shorter branches hanging down. 
Empalement. Cup double; the outer three¬ 
leaved, the leaflets of a broad egg-shape, skinny, 
pressed to the inner cup, and tiled; the inner 
four-leaved, the leaflets larger. 
Blossom conical, twice the length of the cup, 
and pale green; the segments of the border are 
blunt, and straight. 
Chives. Eight linear, flat threads ; tips beard¬ 
less, without the blossom, very long, and reddish. 
Pointal. Seed-bud conical. Shaft thread¬ 
shaped, without the blossom, and something 
longer than the chives. Summit four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers in the month of April. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement and Blossom. 
2. The Empalement magnified. 
3. The Blossom. 
4. The Chives arid Pointal. 
5. A Chive magnified. 
6. The Pointal magnified. 
