ERICA fetacea. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Erica, antheris ball bicornibus, inclufis; ftylo 
longiflimo, exferto; floribus racemofis, termina- 
libus, ternis; corollis urceolatis, pallidis, minutis; 
foliis ternis, hifpidis; caulis flexilis, filiformis. 
Heath, with tips two-horned at the bafe, within 
the bloflom, the fhaft very long and without; 
flowers grow in long bunches, terminating the 
fmall branches by threes; blofloms pitcher- 
fhaped, pale and fmall; leaves grow by threes, 
with harfh hair on them; ftem weak and thread- 
lhaped. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
description. 
Caulis rami et ramuli filiformes, flexuofi, te- 
nuiffime fcabri, villofi. 
Stem larger and fmaller branches are thread- 
fhapcd, grow zig-zag, are a little rough and 
hairy. 
Folia terna, linearia, arcuata, obtufa, fupra 
fub-fcabrida, margine fetacea, revoluta; petioli 
breviflimi. 
Leaves grow by threes, are linear, bowed, 
blunt, roughifh on the upper fide, briflly and 
rolled back at the edge; the foot-ftalks very thort. 
Flores in ultimis ramulis terminales, fub- 
terni, fpicati; pedunculi longitudine florum, brac- 
teis tribus, ad bafin inftrutfti. 
Flowers grow moftly by threes at the extre¬ 
mity of the fmaller branches, forming a fpike; 
the foot-ftalks the length of the flowers, having 
three floral leaves at the bafe. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
ovatis, apice pilofis, adpreflis. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg- 
fhaped, hairy at the end and prefled to the blof- 
foms. 
Corolla urceolata, glabra, fub-albida, mi- 
nuta; laciniae limbi fub-eredtae, obtufae. 
Blossom pitcher-fhape, fmooth, whitilh and 
fmall; the fegments of the border are almoft up¬ 
right and blunt. 
Stamina. Filamenta odto capillaria. An- 
therae inclufae, ad bafin bicornutaa. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads. Tips within 
the bloflom and two-horned at the bafe. 
Pistillum. Germen fub-globofum, fulca- 
tum. Stylus exfertus, longiflimus. Stigma 
maximum, tetragonum, purpureum. 
Pointal. Seed-bud nearly globular, and 
furrowed. Shaft without the bloflom, and very 
long. Summit very large, four-cornered, and 
purple. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Floret a menfi Februarii, in Aprilem. 
Flowers from February till April. 
REFERENTIA. 
REFERENCE. 
1. Folium unum, lente audtum. 
1. A leaf, magnified. 
2. Calyx, et Corolla. 
2. The Empalement, and Bloflom. 
3. Calyx, audtus. 
3. The Empalement, magnified. 
4. Stamina et Piftillum. 
4. The Chives, and Pointal. 
5. Stamina a Piftillo didudta. 
5. The Chives detached from the Pointal. 
6. Stamen unum, audlum. 
6. A Chive, magnified. 
7- Piftillum, lente audtum. 
7- The Pointal, magnified. 
