ERICA patens. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica antheris muticis, fub-inclufis, clavatis; 
floribus terminalibus, terms; corollis campanu- 
latis, purpureis, tubo breviffimo, laciniis maxi- 
mis, expanlis; foliis ternis, ovalibua, concavis, 
ciliatis, flaccidis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis fiuticofus, eredlus, bipedalis; rami 
filiformes, verticillati; ramuli frequentiffimi, vir- 
gati, patentes. 
Folia terna, ovalia, concava, ciliata, obtufa, 
patentia; petiolis breviffimis, adpreffis. 
Flores in apice ramulorum terni, copiofi; 
pedunculi breviffimi, bra&eis tribus adpreffis in- 
ftrudli. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
elipticis, concavis, ciliatis^ adpreffis. 
Corolla campanulata, purpurea; tubo bre¬ 
viffimo; laciniis ovatis, concavis, maximis, ex¬ 
panlis. 
Stamina. Filamenta o<To capillaria, curvata. 
Antheraa muticae, clavatae, fubinclufe longitudine 
llaminum. 
Pistillum. Germen fub-globofum,fulcatum, 
tomentofum, ad balin glandulofum. Stylus fili- 
formis, exfertus. Stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Floret a Februario in Junium. 
REFERENTI A. 
1. Folium, auctum. 
2. Flos, magnitudine naturali. 
3. Calyx audlus. 
4. Stamina et Piftillum, au<fta. 
5. Stamina a Piftillo diducta, aucfta. 
6. Piftillum, audlum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath with beardlefs tips, juft within the blof- 
fom and club-ffiaped; flowers terminate the 
branches by threes; bloffoms bell ffiaped, purple, 
tube very ffiort, with very large fpreading feg- 
ments; leaves grow by threes oval, concave, 
fringed and flaccid. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem ffirubby, upright, grows two feet high ; 
large branches thread-ffiaped, whorled; fmall 
branches numerous, twiggy and fpreading. 
Leaves grow by threes, oval, concave, fringed, 
blunt, fpreading; with very ffiort foot-ftalks 
prefled to the ftem. 
Flowers terminate the fmall branches by 
threes and very numerous; foot-ftalks very fliort, 
having three floral leaves prefled to the cup. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved; leaflets elip- 
tic, concave, fringed and prefled to the bloflom. 
Blossom bell-ffiaped, purple; tube very ffiort; 
fegments egg-ffiaped, concave, very large and 
fpreading. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, curved. Tips 
beardlefs, club-ffiaped, juft within the bloflom, 
the length of the threads. 
Point al. Seed-bud nearly globular, furrowed, 
downy and glandular at the bafe. Shaft thread- 
ffiaped, without the bloflom. Summit four- 
cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from February till June. 
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REFERENCE. 
1. A leaf, magnified. 
2. A Flower, natural fize. 
3. The Empalement, magnified. 
4. The Chives and Pointal, magnified. 
5. The Chives detached from the Pointal, mag¬ 
nified. 
6. The Pointal, magnified. 
