ERICA depreffa. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Erica, antheris ariftatis, inclufis, ffylo exferto; 
floribus terminalibus, fubternis, fubfeffilibus; co- 
rollis groffis, flavefcentibus; foliis quaternis, craf- 
fiufculis, obtufis, nitidis; ramis depreffis; caule 
robuffo. 
Heath, with bearded tips, within the bloffom, 
ffiaft without; flowers terminal, moftly by threes, 
fitting nearly clofe to the Item; bloffoms fwelled 
and yellow; leaves grow by fours, thickifh, blunt, 
ffiining; branches bent downward; Iturdy Item, 
DESCRIPTIO. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Caulis fruticofus, robuftus, fpithamagus; rami 
divaricati, flexuofi, depreffi; ramuli frequentif- 
fimi, brevi. 
Stem fhrubby, fturdy, a fpan in height; 
branches ftraddle, grow zig-zagged, and preffed 
downward; fmall branches numerous and fhort. 
Folia quaterna, linearia, craffiufcula, obtufa, 
nitida, feniora reflexa; petiolis breviffimis ad¬ 
preffis. 
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Leaves grow by fours, linear, thickifh, blunt, 
ffiining, the older ones turned back; very ffiort 
foot-dalks preffied to the Item. 
Flores in ramulis terminates, fubterni, fub- 
feffili; bracteis adpreffis, imbricatis. 
Flowers terminate the fmall branches by- 
threes, in general, fitting clofe to the item; floral 
leaves tiled and preffed to the cup. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
ovatis, acatis, margine membranaceis, carinatis, 
adpreffis. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg- 
ffiaped, pointed, fkinny edged, keeled, and preffed 
to the bloffom. 
Corolla fubcylindrica, groffa, fubpollicaris, 
flava. 
Blossom nearly cylindrical, fwelled, near an 
inch long and yellow. 
Stamina. Filamenta odto capillaria. Antheras 
ariftatse, inclufse. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads. Tips bearded 
within the bloffom. 
Pistillum. Germen turbinatum, fulcatum. 
Stylus tiliformis, exfertus. Stigma tetragonum. 
Pointal. Seed-bud top-ffiaped and fur¬ 
rowed. Shaft thread-ffiaped, without the blof¬ 
fom. Summit four-cornered. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonas Spei. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Floret a Maio in Auguftum. 
Flowers from May till Auguff. 
REFERENTIA. 
REFERENCE. 
1. Flos, magnitudine naturali. 
1. A Flower natural fize. 
2. Calyx cum bradteis audta. 
2. The Cup, with the floral leaves magnified. 
3. Stamina, a Pittillo didudta, anthera una 
lente aucta. 
3. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one 
Tip magnified. 
4. Piftillum et Germen 4 
4. The Pointal and Seed-bud. 
