ERICA halicacaba. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Erica, antheris muticis, inclufis ; floribus fub- 
ternis, terminalibus; corollis inflatis, ampliflimis, 
palide-luteis; oris laciniis acuminatis, obtufis, 
conniventibus; foliis ternis, lsevibus, trigonis. 
Heath, with beardlefs tips, within the bloffom ; 
flowers moftly by threes terminate the branches ; 
bloffoms inflated, and very large, of a pale yel¬ 
low; the fegments of the mouth are tapered, 
blunt ended, and approaching together; leaves 
grow by threes, fmooth and three-lided. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Caulis robuftus, pedalis, valde ramofus; rami 
divaricati, rigidi; ramuli breves, divaricati, plu- 
rimi, tomentofi, oppofiti. 
Stem fiurdy, a foot high, very branching; 
the branches ftraddle, and are ftiff; the fmaller 
blanches fin addle, are numerous, downy, and 
oppofite. 
Folia terna, fubulata, recurvata, trigona, gla¬ 
bra, breviter petiolata. 
Leaves grow by threes, awl-fhaped, recurved, 
three-lided, fmooth, foot Falks fhort. 
Flores fubterni, nutantes, terminales; pedun- 
culi foliis breviores, nudi. 
Flowers grow mofily by threes, nodding, 
and terminating the branches; the foot-fialks 
fhorter than the leaves, naked. 
Calyx. Perianthium duplex, interim tetra- 
phyllum, foliolis, lato-ovatis, concavis, acutis, 
adpreffis, coloratis; exterms tetraplryllum, foliolis 
minoribus. 
Empalement. Cup double, the inner four¬ 
leaved, leaflets broad egg-fhaped, concave, point- 
ed, piefled to the bloflom and coloured; the outer 
three-leaved, the leaflets fmaller. 
Corolla ovata, inflata, maxima, palide-lutea; 
laciniis eredtis, acuminatis, conniventibus, ob¬ 
tulis. 
Blossom egg-fhaped, inflated, very large, of a 
pale yellow; fegments ere&, tapered, approaching, 
and blunt-ended. 
Stamina. Filamenta odto, plana, linearia, 
curvata. Antheras muticae, inclufas, bifidse, apice 
acutae, dorfo concavse, leviter cohasrenfiae. 
Chives. Eight flat threads, linear, curved. 
Tips beardlefs, within the bloffom, two-cleft, 
pointed at the top, concave at the back, llightly 
adhering together. 
Pistillum. Germen fubglobofum, fulcatum. 
Stylus filiformis, erect us. Stigma obfolete tetra- 
gonum, viride. 
Pointal. Seed-bud nearly globular, and 
furrowed. Shaft thread-fhaped, upright. Sum¬ 
mit flightly four-cornered, green. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonse Spei. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Floret a Maio in Julium. 
Flowers from May, till July. 
REFERENTIA. 
REFERENCE. 
1. Calyx. 
I. The Empalement. 
2. Stamina, et Piliillum. 
2. Chives and Pointal. 
3. Eodem, filamenta expanfa. 
3. The fame, with the threads fpread open. 
4. Stamen unum, lente audtum dorfo mon- 
ftrato. 
4. A Chive magnified, fliewn from the hind 
part. 
5. Germen, Stylus et Stigma, lente audta. 
5. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit, mag¬ 
nified. 
