ERICA latifolia. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica antheris muticis, exfertis; floribus ax- 
illaribus umbellatis, ternis, pendulis, Isete rubris; 
pedunculis corollis triplo longioribus; corollis 
fubglobofis; foliis ternis, latiffimis, ovato-acumi- 
natis, pilis fupra tedtis, marginibus revolutis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis fruticofus, flexuofus, ramofas, pedalis; 
rami verticillati; ramuli pauci, fuberedti. 
Folia terna, latiflima, ovato-acuminata, fu¬ 
pra pilis veftita, convexa, fubtus concava, albida, 
margine revoluta. 
Flores in medio ramulorum fpicati, umbel- 
lati, fub-terni, ex axillis foliorum, cernui; pedun- 
culi colorati, longitudine corollarum, bradteis 
tribus minutis inflrudli. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
ovatis, eredtis, concavis, adpreflis, apicibus viridi- 
bus. 
Corolla fubglobofa, glabra, laete-rubra; ore 
arctato, limbo eredto, minuto. 
Stamina. Filamenta odto plana, longitudine 
corollas. Antherae mutics, exfertae. 
Pistillum. Germen fubglobofum, fulcatum, 
pilofum. Stylus tiliformis exfertus. Stigma con- 
cavum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Floret a Maio, in Auguflum. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Folium, magnitudine naturali. 
*2. Idem, audtum. 
3. Flos. 
4. Calyx, lente audtus. 
5. Stamina, et Pittillum. 
6. Stamina et Pittillum, lente audta. 
7- Pittillum, Stigma audtum. 
3. Germen, audtum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath with beardlefs tips, without the bloffom; 
flowers grow from the infertion of the leaves in 
umbels, by threes, hanging down and bright red; 
with the foot-ttalks thrice the length of the blof¬ 
fom j bloffoms nearly globular; leaves grow by 
threes, very broad, egg-fhape-tapered, covered on 
the upper furface with hairs and rolled back at 
the edges, 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem fhrubby, zigzagged, very much branched, 
a foot high; branches in whorls; fmall branches 
few, nearly upright. 
Leaves grow by threes, egg-fhaped-tapered, 
clothed on the upper furface with hairs and con¬ 
vex, concave beneath and whitifh, rolled back at 
the edge. 
Flowers in the middle of the fmall branches 
in fpikes, grow from the infertion of the leaves in 
umbels of threes, hanging down; foot-ftalks co¬ 
loured the length of the bloflbms, with three 
fmall floral leaves on them. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg- 
fhaped, upright, concave, preffed to the Rem, 
with green ends. 
Bl ossom nearly globular,fmooth andof abright 
red; mouth narrowed, border upright, fmall. 
Chives. Eight flat threads, the length of the 
bloffom. Tips beardlefs, without the bloffom. 
Pointal. Seed-bud nearly globular, furrowed 
and hairy. Shaft thread - fhaped and without 
the bloffom. Summit concave. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from May, till Auguft. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A leaf, natural fize. 
2. The fame, magnified. 
3. A flower, 
4. The Empalement, magnified. 
5. The Chives, and Pointal. 
6. The Chives and Pointal, magnified. 
7. The Pointal, magnified. 
8. The Seed-bud, magnified. 
