ERICA rubens 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Erica, antheris cristatis inclusis, foliis quaternis, 
corollis late ovatis terminalibus. 
Heath, with crested tips within the blossom, 
leaves in fours, and broad-egg-shaped terminal 
blossoms. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Caulis fruticosus, suberectus, ramis patentibus, 
vel subinde pendulis. 
Stem shrubby, nearly upright, with branches 
spreading, or sometimes drooping. 
Folia quaterna, erecta, linearia, glabra, subtus 
sulcata, petiolis adpressis, brevibus. 
Leaves in fours, erect, linear, smooth, fur¬ 
rowed beneath, with short foot-stalks pressed to the 
branches. 
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Flores terminales, in umbellis nutantibus, vel 
cernuis, 3—8-floris; pedunculi longiusculi, tri- 
bracteati. 
Flowers terminal in nodding or cernuous um¬ 
bels, of from three to eight flowers ; the peduncles 
longish, and furnished with three floral leaves. 
Calyx tetraphyllus, foliolis late ovatis, et longe 
acuminatis. 
Empalement four-leaved, with the little leaves 
broad-egg-shaped, and much acuminated. 
Corolla late ovata, glabra, rubro-purpurea, 
laciniis obtusis. 
Blossom broad-egg-shaped, smooth, red-purple, 
with obtuse segments. 
Stamina filamenta octo, capillaria; antherse 
cristate, inclusae. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips crested, 
within the blossom. 
Pistillum. Germen tiarseforme, sulcatum; 
stylus paulo inclusus. 
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed ; 
shaft just within the blossom. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae SpeL 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Floret a mense Junii ad Septembrem. 
Flowers from June to September, 
REFERENTIAL 
REFERENCE. 
1.. Folium lente auctum. 
1. A Leaf magnified. 
2. Calyx lente auctus. 
2. The Empalement magnified. 
3. Stamina et Pistillum, anthera unica diducta 
lente aucta. 
3. The Chives and Pointal, with one tip detached 
and magnified. 
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
4. The Seed-bud and Pointal, with the summit 
magnified. 
5. Germen lente aucturm 
5. The Seed-bud magnified. 
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