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ERICA conferta. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica antheris muticis, fubinclufis fioribus 
confertiflime capitatis eredtis, terminalibus, glo- 
bosis; caule ftmpliciffimo, ftridtiflimo, robufto; 
foliis quaternis, fubulatis, glabris, rigidis, leniori- 
bus retrofractis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis fimplex, eredtus, robuftus, bipedalis; 
ramuli brevi, horizontal es, verticillati. 
Folia quaterna, fubulata, rigida, glabra, 
raucronata; feniora retrofracta; juniora eredta, 
fubtus tenuiflime fulcata, petiolis brevibus ad- 
preffis. 
Flores terminales, in apice ramulorum con- 
fertiflimi capitati, ^redti, plurimi, faepe duodecim ; 
pedunculi breviflimi, bradtese tres: duae ovate 
adpreflre, infima fubulata, triplo longior. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
fubulatis, membranaceis, apicibus diftantibus. 
Corolla globofa, glabra, fubalbida, laciniis 
limbi obtufis, fubereciis. 
Stamina. Filamenta o6to capillaria. An- 
therae muticse, fubinclufe. 
Pistillum. Germen globofum, fulcatum. 
Stylus filiformis exfertus. Stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Floret ab Qdtobre in Februarinm. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Flos. 
2. Calyx, lente audtus. 
3. Stamina, et Piftillum. 
4. Idem, lente audta. 
5. Germen, et Piftillum, Stigma didudla lente 
audlum. 
6. Germen, audlum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath with beardlefs tips, juft within the blof- 
fom; flowers crowded together in heads, upright, 
terminal and globular; item quite Ample, very 
ftraight and flout; leaves grow by fours, awl- 
fhaped, fmooth, ftifF. the older ones appearing 
broke back. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem Ample, upright, ftout, two feet high; 
fmall branches fhort, horizontal, and growing in 
whorls. 
Leaves grow by fours, awl-fhaped, fliflf, 
fmooth, fharp pointed, the old ones appearing 
broke back, the younger upright, furrowed flightly 
beneath, with fhort foot-ftalks prefled to the 
item. 
Flowers terminal, crowded very clofe together 
at the ends of the fmall branches, in heads, up¬ 
right, a good many, often twelve; foot-ftalks very 
fhort, three floral leaves, two prefled to the ftem 
and egg-fhaped, the lower awl-fhaped, twice as 
long. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets awl- 
fhaped, fkinny, away from the bloflom at the ends. 
Bl o s s om globular, fmooth, whitifh, the fegments 
of the border blunt and nearly upright. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads. Tips beard¬ 
lefs, juft within the bloflom. 
Pointal. Seed-bud globular, furrowed. Shaft 
thread-fhaped, without the bloflom. Summit 
four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from October till February. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A flower. 
2. The Empalement, magnifled. 
3. The Chives, and Pointal. 
4. The fame, magnifled. 
5. The Seed-bud and Pointal, the Summit de¬ 
tached, magnifled. 
6. The Seed-bud, magnified. 
