ERICA obbata. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris ball bicornibus, inclufis; flores 
quatcrni, terminales, eredti, ventricofi; limbus 
maximus, laciniis patentibus, rotundatis, crenu- 
latis; glandulas oHo fauci circumpofitae; foliis 
quaternis, reflexis, rigidis, ciliatis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis fruticofus, pedalis ramofus; rami 
laxi, filiformes, fub-erecti. 
Folia qnaterna, reflexa, rigida, ciliata, fub- 
tus fulcata; petioli breviffimi. 
Flores terminales, quaterni, erecti, glaber- 
rimi, feffili; pedunculi breviffimi, bracteis tribus 
ovatis, ciliatis, adpreffis, inftrudti. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
ovatis, concavis, ciliatis, adpreffis. 
Corolla ventricofa, bail quadrata, ore ardtata, 
lev iter ftriata, glaberrima; limbus maximus, la¬ 
ciniis crenulatis, rotundatis, patentibus; glandulae 
odto, fauci circumpofitae. 
Stamina. Filamenta odto, capillaria. An- 
therae inclufae, bifidae, ball bicornes. 
Pi stillum. Germen acuminatum, bafi glan- 
dulofum. Stylus filiformis, fubexfertus. Stigma 
fubtetragonum, purpureum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Floret a menfe Aprilis, in Junium. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Calyx et Corolla. 
2. Calyx, lente audtus. 
3. Corolla. 
4. Lacinia una limbi, audta. 
5. Stamina, anthera una lente audta. 
6. Piftillum, lente audtum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with tips two horned at the bafe, within 
the bloffom; flowers grow by fours terminating 
the branches, upright and bellied; border very 
large, fegments fpreading, rounded, flightly 
fcolloped ; eight glands placed round the mouth ; 
leaves grow by fours, reflexed, harffi, and 
fringed. 
DESCRIPTION. 
STEMfhrubby, a foot high,branching; branches 
loofe. thread-ffiaped, rather upright. 
Leaves grow by fours, reflexed, harffi, fringed, 
furrowed beneath; very ffiort foot-flalks. 
Flowers terminate the branches by fours, are 
upright, fmooth, and lit clofe on to the branch; 
foot-flalks very ffiort, having three egg-ffiaped, 
fringed floral leaves, which are preffed to the cup. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg- 
ffiaped, concave, fringed, and preffed to the 
bloffom. 
Blossom bellied, fquared at the bafe, ftrait- 
ened at the mouth, flightly flriped, and very 
fmooth; border very large, fegments a little fcol¬ 
loped, rounded and fpreading; eight glands fur¬ 
rounding the mouth. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads. Tips with¬ 
in the bloffom, two-cleft, and two horns at the 
bafe. 
Pointal. Seed-bud tapered, glandular at 
the bafe. Shaft thread-ffiaped, nearly without 
the bloffom. Summit a little four-cornered, and 
purple. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from the month of April, till June. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement and Bloffom. 
2. The Empalement, magnified. 
3. The Bloffom. 
4. One fegment of the border, magnified. 
5. The Chives, 'one tip, magnified. 
7- The Pointal, magnified. 
