ERICA cubica, minor. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, fub-inclufis; ftylo ex- 
lerto; corollis fub-campannlatis, purpureis, oris 
laciniis patulis, maximis, ovatis, concavis; flori- 
bus fub-terminalibus, umbellatis; foliis quatei- 
ms, patentibus, obtufis, glabris. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis eredlus, teres, ramofus, fruticofus, pal- 
maris; rami et ramuli filiformes, verticillati, 
patenti. 
Folia quaterna, obtufa,reflexa, glabra, nitida; 
petiolis breviffimis, adpreffis. 
Flores fub-terminales, fub-umbellati, hori- 
zontales; pedunculis longiffimis, coloratis, brae- 
teis binis, minutis, concavis, coloratis. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
fpathulatis, concavis, coloratis, apicibus viridi- 
bus, adpreffis. 
Corolla fub-campanulata, purpurea; tubo 
breviffimo; limbo maximo; laciniis concavis, 
ovatis, expands. 
Stamina. Filamenta odto capillaria, longitu- 
dine tubi. Antherae bifidae, acuminatae, muticae. 
Pistillum. Germen turbinatum, fulcatum. 
Stylus filiformis, purpureus, corolla longior. 
Stigma obfoletum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Floret ab Augufto, in Novembrem. 
REFERENTI A. 
1. Flos, magnitudine naturali. 
2. Calyx, valde audlus. 
3. Stamina et Piftillum. 
4. Stamina, audta. 
5. Piftillum, magnitudine naturali. 
6. Idem, valde audtum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with beardlefs tips, juft without the blof- 
fom; ftiaft without; bloflbms nearly bell-ffiaped, 
purple, fegments of the border fpreading, large, 
egg-fhaped, concave; flowers nearly terminate 
the branches in umbels; leaves grow by fours, 
fpreading, blunt and fmooth. ' 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem upright, cylindrical, branching, ffirubby, 
grows a fpan high; the larger and fmaller branches 
are thread-fhaped, grow in whorls and fpread¬ 
ing. 
Leaves grow by fours, blunt, reflexed, fmooth, 
finning; with very fhort foot-ftalks, prefted to 
the branches. 
Flowers grow near the ends of the branches 
in umbels and horizontal; foot-ftalks very long, 
coloured, two floral-leaves, fmall, concave and 
coloured. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets 
fpathula-fhaped, concave, coloured, with green 
ends and prefted to the bloffom. 
Blossom nearly bell-fhaped, puiple, tube 
very fhort; border very large; fegments concave, 
egg-fhaped, fpreading. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, the length 
of the tube. Tips two-cleft, tapered, and beard¬ 
lefs. 
Pointal. Seed-bud top-fhaped, furrowed. 
Shaft thread-fhaped, purple, longer than the 
bloffom. Summit obfolete. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from Auguft till November. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A Flower, natural fizc. 
2. The Cup, very much magnified. 
3. The Chives and Pointal. 
4. The Chives, magnified. 
5. The Pointal, natural fize. 
6. The fame, greatly magnified. 
