ERICA fragrans. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris exertis basi bicomibus, foliis ter- 
natis subulatis, corollis campanulatis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis fruticosus, semipedalis, valde ramosus, 
ramis patentibus. 
Folia ternata, subulata, erecta, glauca, supra 
plana, subtus sulcata, petiolis breviusculis. 
Flores subternati, laterales et terminales, parvi, 
pedunculis longiusculis. 
Calyx tetraphyllus, foliolis ovatls, cuspidatis, 
et carinatis, tribracteatus. 
Corolla campanulata, fragrans, pallide pur¬ 
purea, laciniis majusculis, revolutis. 
Stamina octo, capillaria ; anther® basi bicornes 
exert®. 
Pistillum. Germen tiar®forme, sulcatum, apice 
villosum ; stylus exertus ; stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bon® Speh 
Floret Martio ad Maium. 
REFERENTIAL 
2. Folium lente auctum. 
2. Idem subtus. 
3. Flos, cum calyce et pedunculo, 
4. Calyx lente auctus. 
•5. Stamina et Pistillum lente aucta. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER*. 
Heath, with tips two-horned at the base without 
the blossom, leaves in threes awl-shaped, and bell- 
shaped flowers. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem shrubby, half a foot high, very much 
branched, with the branches spreading. 
Leaves in threes, awl-shaped, erect, glaucous 
green, plane above, furrowed beneath, with shortish 
foot-stalks. 
Flowers somewhat in threes, lateral and termi¬ 
nal, small, with longish peduncles. 
Empalement four-leaved, with the leaflets egg- 
shaped, sharp-pointed, and keeled; furnished with 
three floral leaves. 
Blossom bell-shaped, sweet-scented, pale purple, 
with largish revolute segments. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips without 
the blossom, two-horned at the base. 
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, 
villous at the top ; shaft without the blossom 5 sum® 
mit four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from March to May. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A Leaf magnified. 
2. The under-side of the same. 
3 . A Flower, with the calyx and peduncle. 
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4. The Empalement magnified. 
5 . The Chives and Pointal magnified. 
6. The Seed-bud magnified. 
6 . Germen lente auctum. 
