ERICA pubefcens minor. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica antheris ariftatis, inclulis; ftylo fubex- 
serto; floribus terminalibus, umbellatis; corollis 
ovatis, pubefcentibus, purpureis; foliis quater- 
nis, erectis, obtufis, hirtis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis fefquipedalis fruticofus, ramofus, pi- 
lofus; rami et ramuli pilofi, filiformes, virgati, 
erecti. 
Folia quaterna, fsepe terna, obtufa, hirta, 
credta, fubtus fulcata; petiolis breviflimis, ad- 
preflis. 
Flores in ramulis terminates, umbellati, nu¬ 
meral!, purpurei; pedunculi capillares, bradteis 
tribus, hirtufis inftructi. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
pilolis, fubulatis, adpreffis. 
Corolla ovata, obtufa, villofa; laciniis mi- 
nutis, erecti s. 
Stamina. Filamenta capillaria. Antheras 
ariftatas, inclufae. 
Pistillum. Germen obovatum, quadratum, 
ad bafin gland ulofum. Stylus filiformis, arcuatus, 
purpureus. Stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput B01132 Spei. 
Floret ab Oftobre, in Martium. 
REFERENTIA. 
1 . Folium, lente au6tum. 
1 . Corolla et Calyx. 
3 . Calyx, audtus. 
4 . Stamina, et Piftillum, lente audtum. 
5 . Piftillum, audtum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath with bearded tips, within the bloffom; 
fhaft juft without; flowers terminate the branches 
in umbels; blofloms egg-fhaped, downy and 
purple; leaves grow by fours, upright, blunt, 
and hairy. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem grows a foot and a half high, fhrubby, 
branching and hairy; the larger and fmaller 
branches are hairy, thread-fhaped, twiggy, and 
upright. 
Leaves grow by fours, often by threes, are 
blunt, hairy, upright, and furrowed beneath; 
with very fhort foot-ftalks, prefled to the ftem. 
Flowers terminate the fmall branches in 
umbels, are numerous and purple; the foot-ftalks 
are hair-like, with three hairy floral leaves on 
them. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets hairy, 
awl-fhaped, and prefled to the bloflom. 
Blossom egg-fhaped obtufe, covered with 
foft hairs; fegments of the border fmall and up¬ 
right. 
Chives. Threads hair-like. Tips bearded, and 
within the bloflom. 
Pointal. Seed-bud inverfely egg-fhaped, 
fquared and glandular at the bafe. Shaft thread- 
fhaped, bowed and purple. Summit four-cor¬ 
nered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from October, till March. 
REFERENCE. 
1 . A leaf, magnified. 
2 . The Bloflom and Empalement. 
3 . The Empalement, magnified. 
4 . The Chives and Pointal, magnified. 
5 . The Pointal, magnified.. 
