ERICA 
ignefcens. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Erica, antheris muticis, fub-exfertis; ffcylo longe 
exferto; apice germinis glandulis coronato; co- 
rollis clavatis, fubpollicaribus, rubro-coccineis; 
fioribus folitariis, feffilibus, terminalibus; foliis 
quaternis, linearibus, glabris. 
Heath, with beardlefs tips, juft without the 
bloflom; fhaft a long way without; the top of 
the feed-bud crowned with glands; blofloms 
club-fhaped, near an inch long, and of a red- 
fcarlet colour; flowers folitary, fitting clofe on 
the ends of the branches; leaves grow by fours, 
linear and fmooth. 
DESCRIPT 10. 
description. 
Caulis eredtus, fefquipedalis, glaber; rami 
eredti; ramuli virgati, fuberecti, filiformes. 
Stem upright, a foot and a half high, fmooth; 
branches upright; fmall branches twiggy, rather 
upright, thread-fhaped. 
Folia qtiaterna, linearia, glabra, acuta; peti- 
olis breviffimis adpreftis. 
Leaves grow by fours, linear, fmooth, pointed; 
with very fhort foot-fialks prefled to the ftem. 
Flores terminales, folitarii, fpicam formantes 
prope caulis fummitatem; pedunculis fere nullis. 
Flowers terminal, folitary, forming a fpike 
near the fummit of the ftem; fcarcely any foot- 
ftalks. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
fubulatis, ciliatis, apicibus parum reflexis. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets awl- 
fhaped, fringed, a little reflexed at the ends. 
Corolla tubulofa, tomentofa, ad balin gib- 
bofa, oris laciniis fpathulatis, reflexis. 
Blossom tubular, downy, gouty at the bafe, 
fegments of the mouth, fpathula fhaped and re- 
flexed. 
Stamina. Filamenta odto capillaria. Antherae 
fubexfertas, muticse. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips juft 
without the bloflom and beardlefs. 
Pistillum. Germen ovatum, fulcatum, ad 
bafin apiceque glandulis cinctum. Stylus filifor- 
mis, exfertus. Stigma obfoletum. 
Pointal. Seed-bud egg-fhaped, furrowed, 
furrounded at the bafe and top with glands. 
Shaft thread-fhaped, without the bloflom. Sum¬ 
mit blunt. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonas Spei. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Floret a Martio in Junium. 
Flowers from March till June. 
REFERENTIA. 
REFERENCE. 
1. Flos. 
1. A Flower. 
2. Calyx, audtus. 
2. The Empalement magnified. 
3. Stamina, et Pittillum, anthera una lente 
audta. 
3. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified. 
4. Germen auctum. 
4. The Seed-bud magnified. 
5. Piftillum, magnitudine naturali. 
5. The Pointal natural fize. 
