ERICA filamentofa. 
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CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, inclufis; corollis tu- 
bulofo-campannlatis, purpureis; floribus verti- 
cillatis, axillaribus, fubterminalibus, pendulis; 
pedunculis fiores triplo longioribus capillaribus, 
coloratis; foliis senis, oblique-verticillatis, linea- 
ribus, tenuibus, tremulantibus. 
DESCR1PTIO. 
Caulis eredtus, fefquipedalis rami verticillati, 
fimplices, eredfo-patentes, filiformes, longi. 
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Folia fena, oblique verticillata, tremulantia, 
linearia, tenuia, glabra, acuta; petiolis capillari¬ 
bus. 
Flores axillares, fub-apice ramorum verticil¬ 
lati, numerofiffimi, fpicum fere formantes; pe- 
dunculi longiffimi, filiformes purpurei, bracteis 
tribus, difiantibus, lanceolatis, initructi. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
lineari-fubulatis, adpreffis; apicibus viridibus, 
ad bafm dilatatis, ciliatis. 
Corolla tubulofa-campanulata, purpurea, 
femiuncialia apice dilatata; limbo patente ; la- 
ciniis obtufis, reflexis. 
Stamina. Filamenta odto capillaria. Antherae 
muticae, inclufae. 
Pistillum. Germen villofum turbinatum, 
apice truncatum, plumofum. Stylus filiformis, 
exfertus. Stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Floret a Novembre in Aprilem. 
REFERENTIA, 
1. Flos. 
2. Calyx, audtus. 
3. Stamina et Piftillum. 
4. Idem, audtum. 
5. Germen, audtum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with beardlefs tips, within the blofTom; 
bloffoms tubular bell-fhaped, purple; flowers 
grow in whorls, from the infection of the 
leaves, nearly terminal and hanging down; foot- 
ftalks thrice the length of the blofTom, hair-like 
and coloured; leaves grow by fixes, obliquely- 
whorled, linear, flender, tremulous. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem upright, a foot and a half high; branches 
grow in whorls,fimple, upright-fpreading, thread- 
fhaped, long. 
Leaves grow by fixes, obliquely whorled, tre¬ 
mulous, linear, flender, fmooth and pointed, foot- 
flalks hair-like. 
Flowers grow from the infection of the 
leaves, near the end of the branches in whorls, 
very numerous, almoft making a fpike; foot-ftalks 
very long, thread-fhaped, purple, with three 
floral-leaves, fet at a diflance and lance-fhaped 
on them. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets 
linearly-awl-fhaped, prefTed to the blofTom, with 
the ends green, widened at the bafe and fringed. 
Blossom tubularly-bell-fhaped, purple, half 
an inch long, widened at the top; border fpread- 
ing; fegments blunt and reflexed. 
Chives. Threads eight hair-like. Tips beard¬ 
lefs, within the blofTom. 
Pointal. Seed-bud hairy, top-fhaped, ap¬ 
pearing cut off at the top and feathered. Shaft 
thread-fhaped, without the blofTom. Summit 
four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from November till April. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A Flower. 
2. The Empalement, magnified. 
3. The Chives and Pointal. 
4. The fame, magnified. 
' 5. The Seed-bud, magnified. 
