ERICA fpicata. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Erica, antheris ariftatis, inclufis; floribus plu- 
ribus, denfe fpicatis, fubterminalibus; foliis fub- 
fenis. 
Heath, with bearded tips, within the bloffoms; 
which are numerous, on a clofe fpike, nearly ter¬ 
minating the branches; leaves growing moftly by 
fixes. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Caulis fruticofus, pedalis, erdtus, ramis plu- 
ribus, confertis, adfcendentibus. 
Stem fhrubby, growing a foot hjgh, upright, 
with numerous, crowded, undivided, and amend¬ 
ing branches. 
Folia fubfena, linearia, mucronata, patentia, 
glaberrima, fubtus fulcata, petiolis breviffimis, 
cauli adprelfis. 
Leaves growing moftly by fixes, fharp-pointed, 
fpreading, and fmooth, channelled underneath, 
and preffed to the ftem by fhort foot-fialks. 
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Flores plures, fubterminales ardte ftipati, in 
fpicam duram; ima parte luteoli, fumma vire- 
fcens. 
Flowers numerous, growing nearly at the 
end of branches, in hard clofe-fet fpikes; the 
lower part of a light yellow, the extremity of a 
light green. 
Calyx. Perianthium perfiftens, duplex; exte- 
rius polyphyllum, foliolis lanceolatis, inasqualibus; 
interius tetraphyllum, flavefcens, foliolis aduncis, 
fpathulatis, fumma inflata, callofa, acuminata, 
connivente. 
Empalement. Cup permanent, double; the 
outer many-leaved, unequal, and fpear-fhaped; the 
inner four-leaved, which are yellow, crooked, and 
fpatula-fhaped; their upper part hard, inflated, 
fharp-pointed, and tending to each other. 
Corolla teretiufcula, bail attenuata, ore ob- 
tufo, quadrifido, aequali, connivente. 
Blossom fomewhat cylindrical, with a tapered 
bafe; the mouth blunt, and divided into a four- 
cleft, equal border, whofe fegments tend to each 
other. 
Stamina. Filamenta o6to, capillaria, corollas 
fubaequalia, receptaculo inferta. Antherae ariftatae, 
inclufae. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, nearly of a 
length with the bloffom, fixed into the recep¬ 
tacle. Tips bearded, and within the bloffom. 
Pistillum. Germen fubrotundum. Stylus 
filiformis, ftaminibus longior. Stigma tetrago- 
Pointal. Seed-veffel roundifh. Shaft tliread- 
fhaped, and longer than the threads. Summit 
num. 
four-cornered. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Floret a Novembri in Aprilem. 
In bloom from November till April. 
REFERENTIA. 
REFERENCE. 
1. Calyx et Corolla. 
1. The Empalement with the Bloffom. 
2. Calyx et Bractea lente audita. 
2.The Empalement and Floral-leaves magnified. 
3. Stamina et Piftillum, 
3. The Chives and Pointal. 
4. Stamina a Piftillo didudta, anthera una 
lente aucta. 
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one 
tip magnified. 
5. Stylus et Stigma lerite aucta. 
! 5. The Shaft and its Summit magnified. 
