ERICA tubiflora. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, fub-exfertis, fioribus 
fub-folitariis, feflilibus, terminalibus; corollis cla- 
vato-cylindricis, curvatis, pubefcentibus; foliis 
quaternis, tenuibus, ciliatis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis flexibilis, eredlus, fupeme tomen- 
tofus; rami fparfi, filiformes, frequentes, villofi; 
ramuli frequentiflimi breviffimi. 
Folia quaterna, tenuia, obtufa, ciliata, fub- 
tus fulcata. 
Flores fefliles, in ramulis terminales, fub- 
folitarii, patenti, racemum quail formantes lon- 
gum. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
fpathulatis, ciliatis, pedunculis fere nullis, brac- 
teis tribus adpreflis. 
Corolla clavata, curvata, villofa, carnea 
oris laciniis acutis, reflexis. 
Stamina. Filamenta 06 I 0 capillaria. An¬ 
ther® muticae, fub-exfertae. 
Pistillum. Germen pedicillatum, fub-glo- 
bofum, profunde fulcatum. Stylus filiformis, 
apice curvatus, exfertus. Stigma obfolete te¬ 
tragon um. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
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Floret a menli Aprili, in Julium. 
REFERENTI A. 
1 . Folium, audlum. 
2 . Calyx. 
3. Calyx, auctus. 
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4. Corolla. 
5. Stamina, et Piftillum, anthera una lente 
au<?la. 
6 . Piftillum. 
7 . Piftillum, audlum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with beardlefs tips, within the bloflom; 
flowers grow moftly fingly at the end of the 
branches; blofloms between club and cylindar- 
fhaped, curved and downy; leaves grow by 
fours, thin and fringed with hairs. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem flexible, upright, and downy at the 
upper part; branches fcattered, thread lhaped, 
numerous and hairy, the fmaller branches are 
very numerous and very fhort. 
Leaves grow by fours, are thin, blunt, fringed 
with hair at the edges, and furrowed beneath. 
Flowers lit clofe upon the ends of the fmall 
branches, moftly folitary, and fpreading, appear¬ 
ing like a long bunch. 
Empalement. Cup four leaves, leaflets fpa- 
tula-fhape and fringed, with fcarce any foot- 
ftalks; three floral leaves prefled to the bloflom. 
Blossom club-fhaped, curved, hairy and flelh- 
coloured; the fegments of the border pointed, 
and reflexed. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads. Tips beard¬ 
lefs, and juft without the bloflom. 
Pointal. Seed-bud growing on a foot-ftalk 
nearly globular, and deeply furrowed. Shaft 
thread-ftiaped, curved at the end, and without 
the bloflom. Summit obfcurely four- cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from April, till July. 
REFERENCE. 
1 . A Leaf, magnified. 
2 . The Empalement. 
3. The Empalement, magnified. 
4. The Bloflom. 
5. The Chives, and Pointal, one tip mag¬ 
nified. 
6 . The Pointal. 
7 - The Pointal, magnified. 
