ERICA ftrifta. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica antheris criftatis, inclufis, ftylo exferto; 
corollis fubovatis, ore arctatis, purpureis; floribus 
umbellatis, terminalibus; foliis quaternis, hori- 
zontalibus, obtufis, glabris. 
DESCR1PTIO. 
Caulis eredtus, fruticofus, fefquipedalis; rami 
eredli, rigidi; ramuli verticillati, eredti. 
Folia quaterna, glabra, obtufa, fupra, plana, 
fubtus fulcata, horizontaliter-patentia; petiolis 
breviffimis, adpreftis. 
Flores terminales, umbellati, cernui, umbellae 
6 ad 12 floras; pednnculi colorati, longitudine 
florum, bradteis tribus, fubulatis inftrudti. 
Calyx.' Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
ovato-lanceolatis, concavis, viridibus, glabris, ob- 
tufls. 
Corolla fubovata, glabra, cserulea-purpurea, 
ore ardlata, laciniis minutis, reflexis. 
Stamina. Filamenta odo, capillaria. An¬ 
thers criftats, inclufae. 
Pistillum. Germen fubrotundum, coftatum, 
ad bafin glandulofum. Stylus filiformis, exfertus. 
Stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat in Lufitania. 
Floret ab Augufto in Novembrem. 
REFERENTI A. 
1. Folium, lente audum. 
2. Flos. 
3. Calyx, lente audus. 
4. Stamina et Piftillum. 
5. Stamina a Piftillo diduda. 
6. Stamen unum, audum. 
7- Piftillum, ftigma audum, 
8. Germen, lente audum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath with crefted tips within the bloflom, 
lhaft without; bloflom nearly egg-fhaped, nar¬ 
rowed at the mouth, purple; flowers grow in 
umbels at the end of the branches; leaves grow 
by fours, horizontal, blunt, and fmooth. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem upright, fhrubby, grows a foot and a 
half high; branches upright, ftifF; fmall branches 
grow in whorles, upright. 
Leaves grow by fours, fmooth, blunt ended* 
fmooth above, furrowed beneath, horizontally 
fpreading; very fhort footftalks prefled to the 
branches. 
Flowers terminate the branches, in umbels 
hanging down, umbels from 6 to 12 flowers; 
footftalks coloured, the length of the flowers hav¬ 
ing three floral leaves on them. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets be¬ 
tween lance and egg-fhaped, concave, green, 
fmooth and blunt. 
Blossom nearly egg-fhaped, fmooth, of a 
blue purple, narrowed at the mouth, fegments 
fmall, reflexed. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads. Tips crefted, 
within the bloflom. 
Pointal. Seed-bud roundifh, ribbed, glan-^ 
dular at the bafe. Shaft thread-fhaped, without 
the bloflom. Summit four-cornered. 
Native of Portugal, 
Flowers from AuguA till November. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A Leaf, magnified. 
2. A Flower. 
3. The Empalement, magnified. 
4. The Chives and Pointal. 
5. The Chives detached from the Pointah 
6. A Chive, magnified. 
7. The Pointal, the Summit magnified. 
8. The Seed-bud, magnified. 
