ERICA quadriflora. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
j SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Erica antheris criftatis, inclufis; ftylo inclufo; 
floribus terminalibus, quaternis; corollis globofis 
purpureis; calyce reflexo; foliis quaternis, cili- 
atis, flaccidis. 
Heath with crefted tips, within the bloflom; 
thaft within; flowers terminate the branches by 
fours; bloffoms globular, and purple; cup re¬ 
flexed ; leaves grow by fours, fringed and flaccid. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Caulis debilis, fefquipedalis; rami plurimi, 
virgati; ramuli frequentifiimi, ereHo-patentes. 
Stem weak, a foot and a half high; branches 
many, twiggy; fmaller branches very numerous, 
upright-fpreading. 
Folia quaterna, linearia, ciliata, flaccida, 
fubtus lawilfime fulcata, petiolis breviflimis. 
Leaves grow by fours, linear, fringed and 
flaccid, flightly furrowed beneath, with very 
fhort foot-ftalks. 
Flores in apice ramulorum quaterni, cornui, 
purpurei; pedunculi filiformes, florum longitu- 
dine, bradteis tribus inftrudti. 
Flowers grow by fours at the end of the 
fmaller branches, nodding and purple; the foot- 
ftalks thread-fhaped the length of the flowers, 
having three floral leaves. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
fubulatis, reflexis, ad bafin coloratis. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets awl- 
fhaped, reflexed and coloured at the bafe. 
Corolla globofa, purpurea, giabra; laciniis 
limbi minutis, obtufis, eredtis. 
Blossom globular, purple, fmooth; fegments 
of the border very fmall, obtufe, upright. 
Stamina. Filamenta capillaria. Anthers 
criftatas, inclufae. 
Chives. Threads hair-like. Tips crefted, 
within the bloffom. 
Pistillum. Germen turbinatum, fulcatum, 
atropurpureum. Stylus filiformis, inclufus, ftami- 
nibus parum longior. Stigma tetragonum. 
Pointal. Seed-bud top-fhaped, furrowed, 
dark purple. Shaft thread-fhaped, within the 
bloffom, a little longer than the chives. Summit 
four-cornered. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonas Spei. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Floret a menfe Junii in Augultum. 
Flowers from the month of June till Auguft. 
REFERENTIA. 
REFERENCE. 
1 . Folium, lente audtum. 
l. A Leaf, magnified. 
2 . Flos. 
2 . A Flower. 
3. Calyx, audtus. 
3. The Empalement, magnified. 
4. Stamina et Piftillum. 
4. The Chives and Pointal. 
5. Stamina et Piftillum, anther® liber®. 
5. The Chives and Pointal, the chives free. 
6 . Stamen, audhim. 
6 . A Chive, magnified. 
7 « Piftillum, audtum. 
7 - The Pointal, magnified. 
