ERICA taxifolia 
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CHARACTER SPECIFIC US. 
Erica antheris muticis, inclulis; floribus fpi- 
cato-umbellatis, terminalibus; corolla ventricofa, 
ore ardlata, calyce colorato, fere te&a, limbo pa- 
tente; foliis rigidis, ternis, trigonis, mucronatis, 
fexfariam imbricatis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis fruticofus, eredtus, ramoliffimus; ra¬ 
mi et ramuli patento-eredli, valde cicatrifati. 
Folia terna, trigona, glabra, linearia, rigida, 
mucronata, fexfariam imbricata; petiolis brevif- 
fimis, adpreffis. 
Flores in apicibus ramulorum umbellati, 
numerofi, eredi; pedunculi colorati, longitudine 
corollarum ; bradeag duae fupra medium pedun¬ 
culi, tertia vero ad bafin. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
ovatis, mucronatis, concavis, membranaceis, co- 
loratis, longitudine fere corollas. 
Corolla ventricofa, ore ardata, carnea; la- 
ciniis patentibus, mucronatis, femi ovatis. 
Stamina. Filamenta odo, capillaria, curvata. 
Antheras muticae, inclufas, flavae. 
Pistillum. Germen fubrotundum, fulcatum. 
Stylus inclufus, filiformis. Stigma peltato-tetra- 
gonum. 
Plabitat ad Caput Bonas Spei. 
Floret a menli Augufti, in Novembrem. 
EE FERENTIA. 
1. Calyx et Corolla. 
2. Calyx, lente audus. 
3. Corolla. 
4. Stamina, et Piftillum. 
5. Stamina a Piftillo diduda, anthera una 
lente auda. 
6. Piftillum, audum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath with beardlefs tips, within the bloffom; 
the flowers terminate the branches in umbels, 
forming a fpike ; bloffom fwelled at the bafe, 
pinched in at the top, and almoft covered by a 
coloured cup, with the border fpreading; leaves 
grow by threes, harfh, three-ftded, fharp-pointed, 
and tiled in fix divifions round the ftem. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem flrrubby, upright, very branching; the 
larger and fmaller branches grow fpreading, and 
upright, and are very much notched. 
Leaves grow by threes, three-flded, fmooth, 
linear, harfh, fharp-pointed, and tiled in fix 
divifions; with very fhort foot-ftalks, prefled to 
the branches. 
Flowers grow at the ends of the fmall 
branches in umbels, numerous and upright; foot- 
ftalks coloured, the length of the blofloms; two 
floral leaves upon the middle of the foot-ftalk, 
and the third at its bafe. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg- 
fhaped, pointed, concave, fkinny, and coloured, 
nearly the length of the bloflom. 
Blossom fwelled at the bafe, narrowed at the 
mouth, and flefh coloured; fegments fpreading, 
pointed, and half egg-fhaped. 
Chives. Threads eight, hair-like, and curved. 
Tips beardlefs, within the bloflom, and yellow. 
Point al. Seed-bud roundifh, and furrowed. 
Shaft within the bloflom, and thread-fhaped. 
Summit between fhield and four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from Auguft till November. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement, and Bloflom. 
2. The Empalement, magnified. 
3. The Bloflom. 
4. The Chives, and Pointal. 
5. The Chives detached from the Pointal, 
one Tip magnified. 
6. The Pointal, magnified. 
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