ERICA Petiveriana hirsuta 
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CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis exertis, Iongissimis, c& 
rollis pendulis clavatis incurvis, foliis hirsutis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis erectus, inferne ramulis numerosis. 
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Folia ternata, subulata, hirsuta, parum flexuosa, 
petiolis adpressis, juniora patula, seniora reflexa. 
Flores terminales in ramulis Iateralibus, 1—3- 
nati, penduli, incurvi, pedunculis brevibus. 
Calyx duplex, laste ruber et lucens, tinctura 
flavedinis, exterior 3-, interior 4-phyllus, foliolis 
omnibus late ovatis. 
Corolla clavata, incurva, uncialis, Igete rubra et 
lucens, basi tumida quadrifida, oris laciniis incur¬ 
vis filamentis adpressis. 
Stamina octo, capillaria, incurva, receptaculo 
affixa ; anthers muticse longissimse exertse. 
Pistillum. Germen tiarseforme. Stylus filifor- 
mis. Stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Floret Januario in Aprilem. 
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REFERENTIA. 
1. Inferior pars Folii lente aucta. 
2. Calyx lente auctus. 
3. Corolla calyce diducta. 
4. Stamina et Pistillum. 
5 . Eadem expansa, anthera unica lente aucta. 
6. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with very long beardless tips without the 
pendulous club-shaped incurved blossoms; and with 
hairy leaves. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem erect, furnished with numerous small 
branches downwards. 
Leaves in threes, subulate, hairy, a little flexu- 
ose, with footstalks pressed to the branches; the 
younger leaves rather spreading, the older reflexed. 
Flowers terminal on the small lateral branches, 
one to three together, pendulous, incurved, with 
short footstalks. 
Empalement double, bright shining-red, tinc¬ 
tured with yellow, the outer three-, the inner four¬ 
leaved, with all the leaflets broad egg-shaped. 
Blossom club-shaped, incurved, an inch long, 
bright-shining-red, swelled and quadrifid at the base, 
with the segments of the mouth incurved and pressed 
to the filaments. 
Chives eight hair-like incurved threads fixed 
to the receptacle; tips beardless very long, and 
without the blossom. 
Pointal. Germen turban-shaped. Shaft thread¬ 
shaped. Summit four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from January till April. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The under-side of a Leaf magnified. 
2. The Empalement magnified. 
3. A Blossom detached from the Empalement. 
4. The Chives and Pointal. 
5. The same spread openj with one tip magnified. 
6. The Seed-bud and Pointal, with the summit 
magnified. 
