ERICA multiflora. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
IjjRi c a antheris muticis, exfertis; corollis cylin- 
draceo-urceolatis, coflatis; floribus axillaribus, 
fubterminalibus; pedunculis flore triplo fere lon- 
gioribus, tematis; foliis quaternis feu quinis, line- 
aribus, patentibus, obtufis, glabris. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis fruticofus, eredtus, ramofus; rami et 
ramuli rigidi, eredti. 
Folia quaterna feu quina, patentia, obtufa, 
glabra, linearia, redia. 
Flores axillares, fub-terminales, fub-fpicati, 
ternati; pedunculi capillares, longiflimi, corollas 
triplo longiores, bradteis tribus, minutis, inftrudti. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis, 
ovatis, concavis, coloratis. 
Corolla cylindraceo-urceolata, coftata, fub- 
carnea; laciniis minutis, reflexis. 
Stamina. Filamenta odto, capillaria, longi- 
tudine corollae. Antherae muticae, exfertae, ni- 
grae. 
Pisti-llum. Germen turbinatum, quadri- 
fulcatum, apice ardtatum. Stylus filiformis, ex- 
fertus. Stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat in Lufitania. 
Floret ab Odtobre in Decembrem. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Umbella florum. 
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2. Calyx, audlus. 
3. Stamina et Piflillum, anthera una audta. 
4. Piftillum, audtum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath with beardlefs tips, without the bloflom, 
which is of a cylindrical pitcher fhape and rib¬ 
bed; flowers grow from the bafe of the leaves 
nearly terminal, with flower Hems nearly thrice 
the length of the bloffom, growing by threes; 
leaves grow by fours or fives, linear, lpreading, 
obtufe and fmooth. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem fhrubby, upright, branching; large and 
fmall branches harfh, upright. 
Leaves grow by fours or fives, fpreading, blunt, 
fmooth, linear, and flraight. 
Flowers grow from the infertion of the leaves, 
nearly terminal, almoft fpiked, ternate; foot-flalks 
hair-like, very long, thrice the length of the blof¬ 
fom, with three floral leaves on them. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg- 
fhaped, concave, coloured. 
Blossom cylindrically pitcher-fhaped, ribbed, 
flightly flefh-coloured, fegments fmall, reflexed. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, the length of 
the bloffom. Tips beardlefs, without the bloffom 
and black. 
Pointal. Seed-budtop-fhaped,four-furrowed, 
narrowed at the top. Shaft thread-fhaped, with¬ 
out the bloffom. Summit four-cornered. 
Native of Portugal. 
Flowers from Odtober till December. 
. REFERENCE. 
1. An umbel of flowers. 
2. The Cup, magnified. 
3. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified. 
4. The Pointal, magnified. 
