ERICA palustrls. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Erica, antheris muticis inclusis, corolla subtri- 
lineari pubescente, foliisque quaternis pubescentibus, 
tubo anguste campanulato, laciniis brevibus. 
EIeath, with beardless included tips, blossom 
near three lines long pubescent, leaves in fours and 
also pubescent, and a narrowly bell-shaped tube, 
with short segments. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Caulis tenuis, et flexuosus, ramis divaricatis 
itidemque tenuibus, ramulis numerosis brevi- 
busque. 
Stem slender, and flexuose, with divaricating- 
slender branches, and numerous short lesser 
branches. 
Folia quaterna, expansa, vel recurvata, linearia, 
obtusa, et pubescentia. 
Leaves in fours, expanded, or recurved, linear, 
blunt-ended, and downy. 
Flores terminales in ramulis Iateralibus et nu- 
Flowers terminal on the small lateral branches 
merosi, subverticillati, et sepias ternati ; pedunculi 
corollis duplo breviores, basi bracteis tribus mi- 
nutis vestiti. 
and numerous, somewhat whorled, and frequently in 
threes ; peduncles only half the length of the blos¬ 
som, and furnished at the base with three minute 
floral leaves. 
Calyx tetraphyllus, foliolis subulatis, minutim- 
■que ciliatis. 
Empalement four-leaved, with the leaflets awl- 
shaped, and minutely ciliated. 
Corolla sub-cylindrica, vel potius angustissime 
campanulata, pubescens, incarnata, sive pallide 
coccinea, laciniis patulis, ovatis, obtusis, albidis, 
vel melius eleganter cerinis. 
Blossom somewhat cylindrical, or rather very 
narrowly bell-shaped, downy, flesh-coloured, or 
pale coccineous, with the segments spreading, egg- 
shaped, blunt-ended, and whitish, or rather of a 
fine waxen colour. 
Stamina octo, capillaria; antherae muticse, 
inclusm. 
Chives eight, capillary; tips beardless, within 
the blossom. 
Pistillum. Germen tiaraeforme et sulcatum. 
Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum. 
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, and fur¬ 
rowed. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonse Spei. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Floret a mense Maii ad Octobrem. 
Flowers from the month of May till October. 
RE FERE NT I A. 
REFERENCE. 
1. Folium lente auctum. 
1. A Leaf magnified. 
2. Calyx lente auctus. 
2. The Empalement magnified. 
3. Stamina diducta, anthera unica lente aucta. 
3 . The Chives detached, with one tip mag¬ 
nified. 
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
4. The Seed-bud and Pointal, with the summit 
magnified. 
5. Germen lente auctum. 
5. The Seed-bud magnified. 
