ERICA verticillata. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Erica, antheris ariflatis, inclulis; corollis pol- 
licaribus, cernuis, ventricofo-cylindracis, faturate 
rubris, pedunculis longifdmis; foliis quaternis. 
Heath, with bearded tips, within the blofl'oms, 
which are an inch long, hanging downward, of 
the fhape of an inflated cylinder, deep red, and 
very long foot-dalks; leaves growing by fours. 
DESCRIPT IO. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Caulis eredtus, bipedalis, bad fimpliciffimus, 
rami verticillati, fubdmplices, ereclo-patentes. 
Stem upright, grows two feet high, Ample at 
the bottom, the branches growing in whorls, 
nearly Ample, upright, and fpreading. 
Folia quaterna, glabra, lineari, acuta, fubtus 
fulcata, redta. 
Leaves grow by fours, fmooth, linear, fharp- 
pointed, furrowed on the under part, and grow¬ 
ing draight out from the dem. 
Flores in apicibus ramorum verticillati, nu- 
tantes, conferti; pedunculi longiffimi, bradteis 
tribus ad balin indrudli. 
Flowers grow in whorls, at the upper part of 
the branches, hanging downward, and clofe to¬ 
gether, with long foot-dalks, that have three 
floral leaves jud at their bafe. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
lato-ovatis, acuminatis, apice dilute rubris, bad 
viridis. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, which are 
of a broad-oval fhape, fharp-pointed, the upper 
part of a light red, the bottom of a green colour. 
Corolla ventricofo-cylindrica, pollicaris, ad 
badn-tetragona, profunde codata; ore ardtata, 
tenuiflime laciniata; faturate rubentia. 
Blossom is of a fwelled-cylindrical fhape, an 
inch long, four-cornered at the bafe, and deeply 
ribbed; the mouth is narrowed, and very flightly 
cut; of a'deep red colour. 
Stamina. Filamenta odto capillaria antheraa 
ariflatae, inclufae. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads; the tips are 
bearded, and within the bloflom. 
Pistillum. Germen globofum, fulcatum. 
Stylus dliformis longitudine corolla. Stigma te- 
tragonum. 
Pointal. Seed-veflel round, and furrowed. 
Shaft thread-fhaped, the length of the bloflom. 
Summit four-cornered. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonas Spei. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Floret a mend Julii, in Novembrem. 
Flowers from July, till November. 
REFERENTIA. 
REFERENCE. 
1. Calyx, et Corolla. 
1. The Empalement, and Bloflom. 
r L. Calyx, lente auctus. 
2. The Empalement, magnided. 
3. Stamina, et Pidillum. 
3. The Chives, and Pointal. 
4. Stamina a Pidillo didudta, anthera una 
lente audta. 
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one 
tip magnided. 
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5. Stylus, et Stigma, lente audta. 
5. The Shaft, and its Summit, magnided. 
