ERICA hirta. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
SPECIFIC CFIARACTER. 
Krica, antheris ariftatis, inclufis; flylo exfer- 
to; corolla clavata, pollicaris; floribus terini- 
nalibus, ternis bicoloribus ; bracteis calyciformi- 
bus, hirtis; foliis ternis, linearibus; obtufis, 
femicylindricis, hirtis. 
Heath, with bearded tips, within the bloffoms, 
lhaft without; bloffom club-fhaped, an inch long; 
flowers terminal by threes, two-coloured ; floral 
leaves of the fhape of the cups and hairy ; leaves 
grow by threes, linear, blunt, half cylindrical, 
hairy. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Caulis erebtus, ramofus, bipedalis, villofus; rami 
et ramuli oppoliti, fuberebti. 
Stem upright, branching, two feet high, 
hairy; large and fmall branches oppofite, nearly 
upright. 
Folia terna, linearia, obtufa, hirta, fupra ro- 
tundata, fubtus fulcata, recta, patentia, petiolis, 
brevibus adpreflis. 
Leaves grow by threes, linear, blunt, hairy, 
rounded above, furrowed beneath, flraight, 
fpreading; fhort foot-ftalks prefled to the 
branches. 
Flores terminales, terni, cernui; pedunculi 
breviflimi; brabteae 3, lanceolatae, ciliatas, longi- 
tudine calycis adpreflas. 
Flowers terminate the branches by threes, 
nodding; very fhort foot ftalks; three floral leaves, 
lance-fhaped, fringed, the length of the cup 
and prefled to it. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
lanceolatis, ciliatis,dorfo fulcatis. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved; leaflets 
lance-fhaped, fringed, furrowed at the back. 
Corolla clavata, fub apice ventricofa, pol¬ 
licaris profunde rubro purpureo, apice virefcens; 
oreparum arctato, laciniis obtufis, erebtis. 
Blossom club-fhaped, bellied near the end, 
an inch long, of a red purple, greenifh at the 
end ; a little narrowed at the mouth, fegments 
blunt, upright. 
Stamina. Filamenta obto capillaria. Antherae 
ariftatae, inclufae. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads. Tips bearded, 
within the bloflom. 
Pistillum. Germen fubovatum, apice trun- 
catum, fulcatum. Stylus filiformis, exfertus. Stig¬ 
ma, fubpeltatum. 
Pointal. Seed-bud nearly egg-fhaped, ap¬ 
pearing cut off at the end and furrowed. Shaft 
thread-fhaped, without the bloflom. Summit 
nearly fhield-fhaped 
Habitat ad Caput Bonse Spei. 
Floret a Januario in Aprilem. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from January, till April. 
REFERENTI A. 
1. Flos. 
2. Calyx, aubtus. 
3. Piftilhim,, Stigma didubta aubtum. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A Flower. 
2. The Empalement, magnified. 
3. The Pointal, the Summit detached, magni¬ 
4. Stamina et Piftillum, anthera fena didudta 
et audta. 
fied. 
4. The Chives and Pointal, one Tip detached, 
and magnified. 
5. Germen, audtum. 
5. The Seed-bud, magnified. 
