ERICA comofa, rubra . 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, inclufis; corolla ven- 
tricofa, carnea, parva, ore ardtata, laciniis paten- 
tibus; foliis calycis ciliatis; floribus terminali- 
bus, congeliis, fub-comofis; foliis quaternis, li- 
nearibus, obtufis, glabris. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis fruticofus, pedalis, ramofus; rami 
eredli, virgati; ramuli brevi, filiformes, numerofi. 
Folia quaterna, obtufa, patentia, parva, gla¬ 
bra. 
Flores in ramulis terminales, quaterni, quail 
fpicam denfam formantes; pedunculi breviflimi, 
bradteis ciliatis, calyci adpreffis. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
ovatis, acutis, ciliatis. 
Corolla ventricofa, carnea, ball inflata, apice 
ardlata; oris laciniis acutis, patentibus. 
Stamina. Filamenta odlo, capillaria, mi- 
nuta. Antherse muticas, inclufas. 
Pistillum. Germen fubrotundum, odlo-ful- 
catum. Stylus filiformis, inclufus. Stigma tetra- 
gonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Floret ab Augullo, in Decembrem. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Flos. 
' 2 . Calyx, lente audlus. 
3. Stamina, et Pillillum. 
4. Stamina a Piftillo didudla,. anthera una 
lente audla. 
5. Pillillum, Stigma audlum. 
6 . Germen, lente audlum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with beardless tips, within the blolfom, 
which is bellied, flelh-coloured, final! and nar¬ 
rowed at the mouth, fegments fpreading; leaflets 
of the cup fringed; flowers terminal, crowded to¬ 
gether, rather tufted; leaves grow by fours, li¬ 
near, blunt, and fmooth. 
DESCRIPTIO N. 
Stem fhrabby, grows a foot high, branch¬ 
ing ; branches grow twiggy and upright; fmall 
branches Ihort, thread-lhaped, numerous. 
Leaves grow by fours, blunt, fpreading, fmall 
and fmooth. 
Flowers terminate the fmall branches, form¬ 
ing as it were a thick fpike; foot-Aalks very Ihort, 
floral leaves prefled to the cup, and fringed. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets 
egg-lhaped, pointed, fringed. 
Blossom bellied, flelh-coloured, fwelled at 
the bafe, narrowed at the mouth; fegments of 
the mouth lharp pointed, fpreading. 
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Chives. Eight hair-like threads, fmall. Tips^ 
beardlefs, within the blolfom. 
Pointal. Seed-bud roundilh, eight-furrow¬ 
ed. Shaft thread-lhaped, within the blolfom. 
Summit four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from Augull, till December. 
REFERENCE. 
l. A Flower. 
1 . The Cup, magnified. 
3. The Chives, and Pointal. 
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one 
tip magnified. 
5. The Pointal, Summit magnified. 
6. The Seed-bud, magnified. 
