ERICA veftita purpurea. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Erica, antheris muticis, fubexfertis; foliis fe- 
nis, linearibus, tremulentibus, attenuata in pe- 
tiolos capillares, femiunguiculares; floribus ax- 
illaribus, clavatis, purpureis. 
Heath, with beardlefs tips, almott without the 
bloffom; leaves grow by fixes, linear, tremulous, 
and tapering into hair-like foot-ftalks a quarter 
of an inch long; the flowei's grow from the bafe 
of the leaves, are club-fhaped, and purple. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Caulis fruticofus, bipedalis, ercctus, ball fim- 
pliciflimus, dein verticillatim ramofus, ramis iim- 
plicibus, adfcendentibus. 
Stem fhrubby, grows two feet high, and up¬ 
right, limple at the bafe, then branching out from 
a whorl into limple afcending branches. 
Folia fena, linearia, tremulanta, acuta, gla¬ 
bra, fubtus leviter fulcata, attenuata in petiolos 
capillares, femiunguiculares. 
Leaves grow by fixes, are linear, tremulous, 
fharp-pointed, fmooth, lightly furrowed on the 
under part, and tapering into hair-like leaf-flems 
a quarter of an inch in length. 
Flores in ramulis mediis vertieillati, redti; 
pedunculis brevibus, bradteis tribus inftrudtis. 
Flowers are in whorls about the middle of 
the branches, ftraight out, having fhort foot- 
ftalks with three floral leaves. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
lanciolatis, ball ferratis, viridis, glabris. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, which are 
lance-fhaped, fawed at the bafe, green, and fmooth. 
Corolla clavata, pollicaria, obtufa, recta, 
purpurea, ore ardtato, limbo quadrifido, re- 
flexo. 
Blossom club-fhaped, an inch long, blunt, 
ftraight, and purple, compreffed at the mouth, 
with a four-lobed, reflexed border. 
Stamina. Filamenta odto, capillaria, recep- 
taculo inferta. Antherae muticae, fubexfertae. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads fixed into 
the receptacle. Tips beardlefs, and nearly of a 
length with the bloffom. 
Pistillum. Germen turbinatum, apice, pi- 
lis longis, plumofis, odtofarium coronatum. Sty¬ 
lus filiformis, exfertus. Stigma tetragonum. 
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Pointal. Seed-veffel turban-fhaped, the top 
crowned by eight plumes of long hairs. Shaft 
thread-fhaped, and without the bloffom. Sum¬ 
mit four-cornered. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Floret a menli Julii in Januarium. 
Flowers from July till January. 
REFERENTIA. 
REFERENCE. 
1. Folium unum cum petiolo. 
1. A leaf with its foot-flalk. 
2. Calyx et Corolla. 
2. The Empalement and Bloffom. 
3. Calyx lente audlus. 
3 . The Empalement magnified. 
4. Stamina et Piftillum, 
4. The Chives and Pointal. 
5. Stamina a Piflillo didudta; anthera una 
lente audta. 
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5. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one 
tip magnified. 
6. Stylus et Stigma lente audta. 
6. The Shaft and its Summit magnified. 
