ERICA thymifolia. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris bicornibus inclusis, corollis axil- 
laribus solitariis urceolatis, foliis ternatis cordato- 
ovatis ciliatis. 
DESCRIPT IO. 
Caulis suffruticosus, spithameus, dumosus, per- 
flexus, ramulis filiformibus, expansis decumbenti- 
busque, superne numerosioribus. 
Folia ternata, cordato-ovata, ciliata, subtus 
glauca. 
Flores axillares, solitarii, pedunculis basi brac- 
teis duabus instructis. 
Calyx tetraphyllus, foliolis subulatis ciliatisque. 
Corolla parva, urceolata, saturate rosea, laciniis 
expansis, subtus concavis. 
Stamina octo, capillaria, antheris bicornibus 
subinclusis. 
Pistillum. Germen tiaraeforme, basi glan- 
dulis melliferis instructum ; stylus filiformis, exer- 
tus ; stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Floret a mense Martii ad Julium. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Pagina inferior Folii lente aucta. 
2. Calyx et Corolla. 
3. Calyx lente auctus. 
4. Stamina et Pistillum. 
5. Stamen diductum et lente auctum. 
6. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
7 . Germen auctum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with tips two-horned and within the blos¬ 
som, blossoms axillary solitary and pitcher-shaped, 
and leaves in threes, heart-egg-shaped and ciliated. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem shrubbyish, a span high, bushy, very 
much bent, with the branchlets thread-shaped, 
expanded and decumbent ; more numerous up¬ 
wards. 
Leaves in threes, heart-egg-shaped, ciliated, 
glaucous beneath. 
Flowers axillary, and solitary, with the pedun¬ 
cles furnished with two floral leaves at the base. 
Empalement four-leaved, with the leaflets awl- 
shaped and ciliated. 
Blossom small, pitcher-shaped, deep rose colour, 
with the segments expanded, and concave beneath. 
Chives eight hair-like threads, tips two-horned, 
and just within the blossom. 
Pointal. Germen turban-shaped, furnished 
with honey-bearing-glands at the base ; shaft thread¬ 
shaped, without the blossom; summit four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from the month of March till July, 
REFERENCE. 
1. The under side of a Leaf magnified, 
2. The Empalement and Blossom. 
3. The Empalement magnified. 
4. The Chives and Pointal. 
5 . A Chive detached and magnified. 
6. The Seed-bud and Pointal, with the summit 
magnified. 
7. The Seed-bud magnified. 
