ERICA acuta. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Erica antheris criftatis, inclufis; floribus ter¬ 
ms; foliolis calycis ciliatis, apicibus ietaceis; 
corollis urceolatis, purpureis; foliis fubulatis, 
eredtis, mucronatis, quaternis. 
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Heath with crefted tips, within the bloftom; 
flowers grow by threes; leaflets of the cup fringed, 
with bridles at the ends; bloflbms pitcher-fhaped 
and purple; leaves awl-fhaped, upright, fharp- 
pointed and growing by fours. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Caulis eredlus, pedalis, gracilis; rami pauci, 
filiformes, eredti; ramuli plurimi, brevi, erecli. 
Stem upright, a foot high, flender; branches 
few, thread-fhaped, upright; fmall branches many, 
fhort, upright. 
Folia quaterna, fubulata, mucronata, glabra, 
rigida, eredta; petiolis breviflimis, adpreflis. 
Leaves grow by fours, awl-fhaped, fharp- 
pointed, fmooth, harfh and upright; footftalks 
very fhort and prefled to the ftem. 
Flores in apice omnium ramulorum terni, 
cernui; pedunculi longitudine ilorum, brableis 
tribus, ciliatis inftrudti. 
Flowers grow by threes at the end of all the 
fmaller branches, nodding; the foot-ftalks the 
length of the flowers, having three fringed floral 
leaves on them. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis 
lanceolatis, ciliatis, apice fetaceis. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets 
lance-fhaped, fringed, and briftled at the end. 
Corolla urceolata, purpurea, glabra; laciniis 
limbi, acutis, parum reflexis. 
Blossom pitcher-fhaped, purple, fmooth, feg- 
ments of the border pointed, a little reflexed. 
Stamina. Filamenta capillaria, curvata. An- 
therae criftatas, inclufe. 
Chives. Threads, hair-like, curved. Tips 
crefted within the bloflom. 
Pi stillum. Germen fubglobofum, fulcatum. 
Stylus filiformis, inclufus. Stigma teti'agonum. 
Pointal. Seed-bud roundifh and furrowed. 
Shaft thread-fhaped, within the bloflom. Summit 
four-cornered. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
' Floret a Maio, in Julium. 
Flowers from May, till July. 
REFERENTIA. 
REFERENCE. 
I. Folium, audtum. 
1. A Leaf, magnified. 
1 . Calyx, audlus. 
2. The Empalement, magnified. 
3 . Flos, magnitudine naturali. 
3. A Flower of the natural fize. 
4. Corolla. 
4. A Bloflom. 
5. Stamina et Piftillum, audtum. 
5. The Chives and Pointal, magnified. 
6 . Piftillum et Germen, audtum. 
6. The Pointal and Seed-bud, magnified. 
