ERICA fordida. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
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Erica, antheris muticis, exfertis; corollis pilo- 
fis, curvis, fordide-luteis; floribus terminalibus, 
feffilibus; folia quaterna, linearia, pilis longis 
tedta. 
Heath, with beardlefs tips, without the blof- 
loms, which are hairy, curved, and of a dirty 
yellow; flowers terminate the branches, fitting 
clofe to the Item; leaves grow by fours, linear, 
and covered with long hairs. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Caulis fruticofus, eredtus, apice' pilofus; 
rami fparfi, eredti; ramuli frequentiffimi, piloli. 
Stem ffirubby, upright, hairy at the top; 
branches fcattered, upright; fmaller branches 
numerous, and hairy. 
Folia quaterna, linearia, pilofa, obtufa; pe- 
tiolis breviffimis. 
Leaves grow by fours, linear, haiiy and 
blunt; with very fliort foot-ftalks. 
Flores feffiles in omnibus ramulorum api- 
cibus, folitarii, bini, vel terni; pedunculi bre- 
viffimi, bradteis tribus, adpreffis, inftrudti. 
Flowers fit clofe upon the ends of the fmaller 
branches, growing folitary, or by twos, or threes ; 
the foot-ftalks are very ffiort, having three floral 
leaves prefled clofe to the cup. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
foliis fimilibus, adpreffis. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, the leaf¬ 
lets like the other leaves, and prefled to the 
bloflom. 
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Corolla tubulofa-clavata, curvata, pollica- 
ria, fordide-lutea, pilofa; oris laciniis recurvatis. 
Blossom tubularly club-ffiaped, curved, an 
inch long, of a dirty yellow colour and hairy; 
the fegments of the mouth rolled back. 
Stamina. Filamenta odto capillaria, apice 
incurvata. Antheras muticae, exfertae. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, curved in¬ 
wards at the points. Tips beardlefs, and with¬ 
out the bloflom. 
Pistillum. Germen ovatum, fulcatum. Sty¬ 
lus filiformis, exfertus. Stigma tetragonum. 
Pointal. Seed-bud egg-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 Augufti, in Decembrem. 
Flowers from the month of Auguft, till De¬ 
cember. 
REFERENTIA. 
REFERENCE. 
1. Folium, audum. 
1. A leaf, magnified. 
2. Calyx, et Corolla. 
2. The Empalement, and Bloflom. 
3. Calyx, audus. 
3. The Empalement, magnified. 
4. Stamen et Piftillum, anthera una, auda. 
4. The Chives and Pointal, a tip magnified. 
5. Stigma, audum. 
5. The Summit, magnified. 
