ERICA horizontalis. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica antheris muticis, exclufis; floribus termi- 
nalibus, quaternis; foliolis calycis fpathulatis, 
mai'gine ferratis; laciniis corollae haftatis, eredtis, 
atro-purpureis; foliis quaternis, obtufis, horizon 1 - 
talibus. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis eredtus, fubpedalis, ramofus; rami 
horizontales, rigidi; ramuli pauci, rami fimiles. 
Folia quaterna, obtufa, linearia, horizontalia, 
glabra; petiolis minutis, adpreffis. 
Flores in ultimis ramulorum umbellati, cer- 
nui, quaterni, laepe terni; pedunculis brevibus, 
bracteis tribus, fpathulatis, imbricatis. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
fpathulatis, concavis, vifcolis, marginibus ferratis, 
adpreffis. 
Corolla ovata, glabra, ball alba, apice pur¬ 
purea; oris laciniis haftatis, erectis, atro-purpu- 
reis. 
Stamina. Filamenta capillaria, longitudine 
tubi. Antherae muticae, exfertag, linearise, lon¬ 
gitudine filamentorum. 
Pistillum. Germen fubrotundum compref- 
fum, fulcatum. Stylus ffiiformis, exfertus. Stigma 
obfoletum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonse Spei. 
Floret a Julio, in Novembrem. 
REFERENTI A. 
1. Flos, magnitudine naturali. 
1. Calyx, lente audtus. 
3. Corolla, magnitudine naturali. 
4. Idem, audta. 
5. Stamina, et Piftillum. 
6. Stamina a Piftillo didudta, audta. 
7- Piftillum. 
8. Idem, lente audtum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath with beardlefs tips, without the blof- 
fom; flowers terminate the branches by fours ; 
the leaflets of the cup are fpathula-fhaped and 
fa wed at the margin ; fegments of the bloffom 
halbert-fhaped, upright and dark-purple; leaves 
grow by fours, obtufe, and horizontal. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem upright, near a foot high, branching; 
branches grow horizontal and fliiF; fmaller 
branches few, like the larger ones. 
Leaves grow by fours, obtufe, linear, horizon¬ 
tal, fmooth; foot-flralks very flnall and prefled to 
the flem. 
Flowers grow in umbels at the end of the 
fmaller branches, nodding, and by fours, often by 
threes; foot-ftalks very fhort, with three fpathula- 
fhaped, tiled floral leaves. 
Empalement. Cup double, leaflets fpathula- 
fhaped, concave, clammy, fawed at the edges, and 
prefled to the bloffom. 
Blossom egg-fhaped, fmooth, white at the 
bafe, purple at the top; the fegments of the 
mouth halbert-fhaped, upright and of a deep 
purple. 
Chives. Threads hair-like, the length of the 
tube. Tips beardlefs, without the bloffom, linear, 
of the length of the threads. 
Pointal. Seed-bud roundiffi, flattened, and 
furrowed. Shaft thread-fhaped, without the 
bloffom. Summit obfolete. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from July, till November. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A Flower of the natural fize. 
2. The Empalement, magnified. 
3. The Bloffom, of the natural fize, 
4. The fame, magnified. 
5. The Chives, and Pointal. 
6. The Chives detached from the Pointal; mag¬ 
nified. 
7. The Pointal. 
8. The fame, magnified. 
