ERICA cylindrica 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Erica, antheris basi bicornibus inclusis, stylo ex- 
erto, corollis subcylindraceis, laciniis revolutis, foliis 
quaternis. 
Heath, with tips two-horned at the base within 
the blossom, the shaft without, blossom nearly cy- 
lindric, with its segments rolled back ; leaves in 
fours. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Caulis fruticosus, erectus, bipedalis, ramosus, 
ramulis erectis, subsimplicibus. 
Stem shrubby, erect, two feet high, branched, 
with the little branches erect and nearly simple. 
Folia quaterna, erecta, linearia, viridia, supra 
plana, subtus sulcata, minutissime pubescentia. 
Leaves in fours, erect, linear, green, plane 
above, furrowed beneath, and very slightly pu¬ 
bescent. 
Flores fasciculati, terminales, in ramulis laterali- 
bus terni et quaterni; pedunculi brevissimi, bracteis 
tribus ternatis, setseformibus, basin instructi. 
Flowers bundled, terminal, in the lateral 
branches in threes and fours; the very short foot¬ 
stalks furnished with three ternate, bristle-shaped, 
floral leaves at the base. 
Calyx tetraphyllus, foliolis adpressfs, linearibus, 
basi dilatatis, dorso sulcatis, lente ciliatis. 
Empalement four-leaved, the leaves pressed to 
the blossom, linear, dilated at the base, furrowed on 
the back, and in the magnifier ciliated. 
Cqrolla subcylindrica, aliquo recurvata, uncia- 
lis, Isete fusco-aurantia, lente pubescens, laciniis latis- 
sime ovatis, revolutis. 
Blossom nearly cylindrical, a little recurved, an 
inch long, of a bright brown orange colour, pu¬ 
bescent when magnified, with the segments very 
broad-ovate and rolled back. 
Stamina octo, capillaria, antheris basi bicorni¬ 
bus, inclusis, cornibus lente bifurcatis. 
Chives eight, hair-like, with the tips two¬ 
horned at the base, within the blossom, with the 
horns bifurcated when magnified. 
Pistillum. Germen tiaraeforme; stylus fili- 
formis ; stigma tetragonum, antheras superans. 
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped; shaft thread¬ 
shaped ; summit four-cornered, higher than the tips. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonas Spei. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Floret a mense Aprili in Julium. 
Flowers from April till July. 
referentia. 
REFERENCE. 
1. Flos, cum pedunculo brevissimo. 
1. A Flower with its very short footstalk. 
2. Stamina et Pistillum, a corolla diducta, an- 
thera unica lente aucta. 
2. The Chives and Pointal, detached from the 
blossom, with one of the tips magnified. 
3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
3. The Seed-bud and Pointal, with the stigma 
magnified. 
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4. Germen lente auctum. 
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4. The Seed-bud magnified. 
