ERICA gelida. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
'Erica, antheris ariftatis, inclufis; floribus verti- 
cillatis, fpicatis, dependentibus; corolla polli- 
caris, cylindrica, albicanto-virefcens, bail quadri- 
fariam fulcata, apice ardtata, atro-virens; foliis 
quaternis fenifve, curvatis, patentibus, glabris. 
DESCRIPT IO. 
Caulis fruticofus, ftridtiffimus, tripedalis; 
rami pauci, eredti; ramuli verticillati, limplices. 
Folia ramulorum fubquaterna, ramorum fena, 
linearia, glabra, curvata, acuta, patentia; petio- 
lis breviffimis, adpreffis. 
Flores in ultimis ramis axillares, fpicati, im- 
bricati, dependenti; pedunculi curvati, bradteis 
tribus, membranaceis inftrudti. 
Calyx. Perianthium, tetraphyllum, foliolis 
ovatis acutis, margine membranaceis, adpreffis. 
Corolla cylindrica, apice ardlata, ball qua- 
drata, fulcata, pollicaris, albicanto-virefcens, apice 
atro-virens. 
Stamina. Filamenta odto, capillaria. An- 
therae ariftatae, inclufae. 
Pistillum. Germen fubglobofum, ad bafin 
glandulofum. Stylus filiformis, inclufus. Stigma 
tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Floret ab Aprile, in Julium. 
REFERENCE.. 
1. Flos. 
2. Calyx, lente audtus. 
3 . Corolla. 
4 . Stamina et Piffillum, Anthera una lente audta. 
5 . Piffillum, Stigma audtum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath with bearded tips within the bloffom; 
flowers grow whorled, in fpikes, hanging down; 
bloffoms an inch long, cylindrical, of a whitifh 
green, four-furrowed at the bafe and narrowed at 
the mouth, which is dark-green ; leaves grow by 
fours or fixes, curved, fpreading and fmooth. 
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DESCRIPTION. 
Stem fhrubby, very upright, grows three feet 
high; the large branches are few and upright; 
the fmall branches grow in whorles and are fimple. 
Leaves of the fmall branches grow moftly by 
fours, thofe on the large by fixes, linear, fmooth, 
curved, pointed, fpreading; with very fhort foot- 
flalks, preffed to the Item. 
Flowers grow at the top of the branches, 
clofe to the ftem, in fpikes, tiled, hanging down; 
foot-ftalks curved, having three fkinny floral 
leaves on them. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg- 
fhaped, pointed, fkinny at the edge, and preffed 
to the bloffom. 
Blossom cylindrical, narrowed at the top, 
fquared and furrowed at the bafe, an inch long, 
of a whitifh green, and dark green at the end. 
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Chives. Eight hair-like threads. Tips bearded, 
and within the bloffom. 
Pointal. Seed-bud nearly globular, glan¬ 
dular at the bafe. Shaft thread-fhaped, within 
the bloffom. Summit four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from April, ’till July. 
REFERENCE. 
1 . A Flower. 
2 . The Empalement, magnified. 
3 . The Bloffom. 
4 . The Chives and Pointal, one Tip magnified. 
5 . The Pointal, the Summit magnified. 
