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ERICA ventricofa* 
CHARACTER SPDCIFICUS. 
JliRicAj antheris ball bicornibus inclufis; corollis 
oblongo-ovatis, ventricofis, glabris; foliis quater- 
nis ciliatis. 
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DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis fruticofus, femipedalis, teres, crafliuf- 
culus, ramofiflimus, ramis recurvato-adfcenden- 
tibus. 
Folia quatema, linearia, acuta, ball recurvata, 
apice adfcendentia, ciliata, fupra plana, fubtus re- 
voluta, nitlda, petiolis brevifftmis adpreffis. 
Flores terminales, plures, faftigiati, eredti; 
pedunculi purpurei, ball inftructa bradteis binis, 
parvis, oppofitis. v 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum foliolis 
eredtis, carinatis, ciliatis. 
Corolla oblongo-ovata, apice ardfata, limbo 
aequali, qnadrilobo, fubreflexo, albo-purpurafcens, 
glabra, nitida. 
Stamina. Filamenta odto capillaria, corollae 
fubaequalia, receptaculo inferta. Anthers inclufas, 
parvae, bifidae, bail bicornes. 
Pistillum. Germen, oblongum, fulcatum. 
Stylus filiformis, filamentis asqualis ; ftigma fub- 
tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Floret a mfinli Aprili ad Septembrem. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Calyx, et Corolla. 
2. Calyx, et Bradtea lente audta. 
3. Stamina, et Piftillum. 
4. Stamina a Piftillo didudla; anthera una 
lente audta. 
5. Stylus, et Stigma, lente audta. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with tips two-horned at their bafe, in¬ 
cluded within blolToms of an oblong-ovate form, 
inflated and fmooth; leaves ciliate, growing by 
fours. 
DESCRIPTION. 
The Stem fhrubby, about half a foot high, 
cylindrical, thickifh, very much branched, the 
branches bend downward, then afcend. 
Leaves growing by fours, linear, pointed with 
a recurved bafe, and an afcending point, ciliate, 
flat on their upper, and rolled back on their un¬ 
der, furface, fhining, the leaf-hems very fhort, 
and preffed to the branches. 
Flowers terminal, numerous, upright, level, 
and in bunches; the foothalks purple, having two 
fmall oppofite floral leaves at their bafe. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, eredl, keel- 
fhaped, and ciliate. 
Blossom of an oblong-ovate form, narrowed 
toward the top, with a flightly reflexed border, 
of a whitifh purple, fmooth, and fhining. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, nearly of a 
length with the bloffom, fixed into the receptacle. 
Tips within the bloffom fmall, cleft, and two¬ 
horned at their bafe. 
Pointal. Seed-vefTel oblong and furrowed. 
Shaft thread-fhaped, of an equal length with the 
threads. Summit nearly four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from April till September. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement with the Bloffom. 
2. The Empalement and Floral-leaf magnified. 
3. The Chives and Pointal. 
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one 
tip magnified. 
5. The Shaft, and its Summit magnified. 
