ERICA glandulosa. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis inclusis, foliis quatemis late 
linearibus pilis glandulosis ciliatis, floribus umbellatis 
terminalibus. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis fruticosus, subpedalis, fuscus, valde 
flexuosus; ramis numerosis, senioribus decumbenti- 
bus, apicibus adscendentibus. 
Folia quaterna, expansa, vel recurva, ciliata pilis 
apice glandulosis j petiolis brevissimis, appressis. 
Flores terminales, umbellati, nutantes, vel cernui, 
4—6 in singula umbella. 
Calyx tetraphyllus, foliolis inaequalibus purpu- 
reis pilis glanduliferis ciliatis. 
Corolla ovata, nitida, purpurea, laciniis subro- 
tundis, erectis. 
Stamina, filamenta octo capillaria. Anthers 
muticae, inclusge. 
Pistillum. Gerrnen tiarsforme, valde sulca¬ 
tum. Stylus superans tubum corolls. Stigma tetra- 
gonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bons Spei. 
Floret Mai. in Januar. 
REFERENTIA. 
1 . Pagina inferior folii lente aucta. 
2 . Corolla cum Calyce. 
3 . Calyx lente avtctus. 
4 . Stamina et Pistillum expansa,, anther^, unica 
lente aucta. 
5 . Pistillum et Gerrnen, stigmate lente aucto. 
6 . Gerrnen lente auctum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with beardless tips within the blossom, 
leaves in fours broad-linear edged with glandular 
hairs, flowers umbelled terminal. 
DESCRIPTION - . 
Stem shrubby, nearly a foot high, brown, ex¬ 
tremely flexuose 5 with numerous branches, the old¬ 
est bent downwards, with ascending points. 
Leaves in fours, expanded, or recurved, edged 
with hairs which are glandular at the points ; with 
very short footstalks pressed to the branches. 
Flowers terminal, umbelled, nodding, or cernu- 
ous, from 4 to 6 in each umbel. 
Empalement four-leaved, with unequal purple 
leaflets edged with gland-bearing hairs. 
Blossom egg-shaped, shining, purple, with 
roundish, erect segments. 
Chives, eight hair-like threads. Tips beard¬ 
less, within the blossom. 
Pointal. Gerrnen turban-shaped, very much 
furrowed. Shaft higher than the tube of the blos¬ 
som. Summit four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from May till January. 
REFERENCE. 
1 . The under side of a leaf magnified, 
2 . A Blossom with the Empalement. 
3 . The Empalement magnified. 
4 . The Chives and Pointal spread open, with one 
tip magnified. 
5 . The Pointal and Seed-bud, with the summit 
magnified. 
6 . The Seed-bud magnified. 
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