ERICA tenella. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica antheris bafi bicornibus, inclufis; corol- 
lis ventricofis, laciniis fuberedlis ; floribus eredlis, 
capitatis, terminalibus, dilate-purpureis; foliis 
quaternis, linearibus, minutis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis fpithamaeus, eredtus, fruticofus; rami, 
filiformes, virgati, divaricati; ramuli faperiores 
verticillati, frequentiffimi. 
Folia quaterna, tenuia, linearia, glabra, pa- 
rum recurvata ; petiolis minutis, adpreffis. 
Flores in ramulis terminales, congefti, capi- 
pitati, numeroli, fuberedti; pedunculi capillares, 
longitudine florum, bradteis tribus, linearibus in- 
ftrudti. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis, 
lanceolatis, glabris, adpreffis. 
Corolla ventricofa, parva, pallide purpurea, 
ore parum ardtata, laciniis ovatis, eredto-paten- 
tibus. 
Stamina. Filamenta odto, capillaria, bre- 
via. Anthers bicornutas, inclufae. 
Pistillum. Germen fub-globofum, fulca- 
tum, ad bafin nedtariferum. Stylus filiformis, 
eredtus, inclufus. Stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Floret a menfe Obtobris, in Martium. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Calyx, et Corolla. 
2. Calyx, lente audtus. 
3. Stamina, et Piftillum. 
4. Stamen unum, lente audtum. 
5. Piftillum, lente audtum. 
Obf. Afinis E. comofas. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with tips two-horned at the bafe and 
within the bloffiom; bloffoms bellied, fegments 
nearly upright, flowers upright, grow in fmall 
heads, terminating the branches, and light purple 
coloured; leaves grow by fours, are linear and 
fmall. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem about a fpan high, upright and fhrubby, 
branches twiggy and ft raddling; the upper fmall 
branches grow in whorles, and are very numerous. 
Leaves grow by fours, are thin, linear, fmooth, 
a little turned back, with fmall foot-ftalks, prefled 
to the branches. 
Flowers terminate the branches in cluftered 
fmall heads, are very numerous, and grow nearly 
upright; foot-ftalks hair-like, the length of the 
flowers, having three floral leaves on them. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved,leaflets lance- 
ffiaped, fmooth and prefled to the bloffom. 
Blos som bellied, fmall, of a pale purple, the 
mouth a little narrowed, fegments egg-ffiaped, 
between upright and fpreading. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, ffiort. Tips 
two horned and within the bloffom. 
Point al. Seed-bud nearly globular and fur¬ 
rowed, having honey-cups at the bafe. Shaft 
thread-fhaped, upright, within the bloffom. 
Summit four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Plope. 
Flowers from the month of Odtober, till March. 
REFERENCE. 
1 . The Empalement, and Bloffom. 
2. The Empalement, magnified. 
3. The Chives, and Pointal. 
4. A Chive, magnified. 
5. The Pointal, magnified. 
Obf. It is allied to the E. comofa. 
