ERICA formofa. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica antheris muticis, fubexfertis; floribus 
axillaribus, verticillatis, horizontalibus, cocci- 
neis; corolla clavata, pollicaris, fubrecurva; foliis 
fublenis, linearibus, patentibus. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis ere&us, fruticofus; rami ramulique 
pauci, verticillati, eredti. 
Folia fubfena, linearia, glabra, rigida, acuta, 
patentia, parum curvata; petiolis breviffimis, ad- 
preffis. 
Flores in apicibus ramorum verticillati, ax- 
illares et horizontales, fubfpicati; pedunculis 
bradleatis. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
fubulatis, eredtis, adpreflis. 
Corolla clavata, pollicaris, parum curvata, 
glabra, coccinea; oris laciniis expands, maximis, 
fubrecurvis. 
Stamina. Filamenta odto capillaria, apice in- 
curvata. An therm maticae, fubexfertae. 
Pistillum. Germen obovatum, fulcatum, 
apice concavum. Stylus filiformis, exfertus. 
Stigma peltato-tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonas Spei. 
Floret a menfe Augutli in Decembrem. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Flos. 
2. Calyx, audtus. 
3. Stamina a piftillo diducta, anthera una lente 
aucta. 
4. Germen, Stylus et Stigma, Stigma audtum. 
5. Germen audlum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath with beardlefs tips, juft without the 
bloflom; flowers grow from the bafe of the 
leaves clofe to the ftem in whorles, horizontally, 
and are fcarlet; bloflom club-fhaped, an inch 
long, rather recurved; leaves grow by Axes in 
general, linear and fpreading. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem fhrubby, upright; the larger and 
fmaller branches grow in whorles and upright. 
Leaves grow moftly by fixes, linear, fmooth, 
harfh, fharp pointed, fpreading and a little 
curved; the foot-ftalks very fhort, and prefled 
to the ftem. 
Flowers grow in whorles at the top of the 
branches, clofe to the ftem at the infertion of the 
leaves, horizontally, and rather in a fpike; foot- 
ftalks with floral leaves. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets awl- 
fhaped, upright, and prefled to the ftem. 
Blossom club-fhaped, an inch long, a little 
curved, fmooth, fcarlet; the fegments of the 
mouth are fpread out, very large and a little 
turned back. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, turned in¬ 
ward at the end. Tips beardlefs, juft without the 
bloflom. 
Point al. Seed-bud inverfely egg-fhaped, 
furrowed, concave at the top. Shaft thread-fhaped, 
without the bloflom. Summit between fhield- 
fhaped and four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Flope. 
Flowers from the month of Auguft till Decem¬ 
ber. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A Flower. 
2. The Empalement, magnified. 
3. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one 
tip magnified. 
4. The Seed-bud, Shaft and Summit, the Sum¬ 
mit magnified. 
5. The Seed-bud magnified. 
