ERICA rosea 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Erica, antheris muticis plerumque inclusis, foliis 
subsenis setaceis longiusculis, in petiolos capillares 
attenuatis, floribus sublateralibus clavatis roseis. 
Meath, with beardless tips chiefly within the 
blossom, leaves nearly in sixes bristle-shaped long- 
ish, and attenuated into capillary foot-stalks, flow¬ 
ers somewhat lateral club-shaped and rosy. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Caulis fruticosus, bipedalis, ramis I'amulisque 
erectis, et saspe alternis. 
Stem shrubby, two feet high, with the branches 
and branchlets erect, and often alternate. 
Folia plerumque quinata vel sena, erecta, seta- 
cea, in petiolos capillares deorsum attenuata. 
Leaves chiefly in fives or sixes, erect, bristle¬ 
shaped, attenuated downwards into capillary foot¬ 
stalks. 
Flores 2—3-nati, fere laterales, nutantes ; pe- 
dunculi breves, bracteis tribus instructs. 
Flowers growing in twos and threes, nearly la¬ 
teral, nodding ; foot stalks short, furnished with three 
floral leaves. 
Calyx tetraphyllus, foliolis subulatis, adpressis. 
Empalement four-leaved, with the leaflets awl- 
shaped, and pressed to the blossom. 
Corolla cylindrica, paululum curvata, uncialis, 
laete rosea, laciniis subrectis. 
Blossom cylindrical, very slightly curved, an inch 
long, bright rose-colour, with the segments nearly 
erect. 
Stamina filamenta octo capillaria, mutica, ple¬ 
rumque inclusa. 
Chives eight hair-like threads, beardless, chiefly 
within the blossom. 
Pistillum. Germen tiaraeforme, basi poris 
melliferis instructum. Stylus filiformis, saepe sub- 
exclusus. Stigma tetragonum. 
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furnished 
with honey-bearing pores at the base. Shaft , thread¬ 
shaped, often just without the'blossom. Summit 
four-cornered. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonas Spei. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
REFERENTIA. 
REFERENCE. 
1. Calyx et Corolla. 
1. The Empalement and Blossom. 
2. Calyx lente auctus. 
2. The Empalement magnified. 
3. Stamina diducta, anthera unica lente aucta. 
3. The Chives detached, with one tip magnified. 
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. 
