ERICA vestita rosea. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Erica, antheris muticis sub-exsertis ; corollis cla- 
vatis, pollicaribus, roseis ; foliis octonis, in petiolos 
capillares deorsum attenuatis. jj 
Heath, with beardless tips rather without the 
blossom; blossoms club-shaped, an inch long, and 
rosy; leaves in eights, and attenuated downwards 
into capillary foot-stalks. 
DESCRIPTION 
DESCRIPTION. 
Gaulis erectus, plus minusve flexuosus, ramis 
iongis, simplicibus, foliosis. 
Stem upright, but more or less flexuose, with 
the branches long, simple, and leafy. 
Folia plerumque octona, confeila, setacea, semi- j 
linearia, obtusa, deorsum in petiolos capillares atte- 
nuata, et inde eleganter tremula. [ 
Leaves chiefly in eights, crowded, bristle¬ 
shaped, half a line long, blunt, attenuated down¬ 
wards into capillary foot-stalks, and thence elegantly 
tremulous. 
Flores aggregating verticillati, apices versus ra- 
morum robustiorum, expansi vel nutantes ; pedun- | 
culi breves, bracteis tribus alternis medio instructi. 
Flowers crowdedly whorled, near the ends of 
the stoutest branches, expanded or nodding ; pe- 
1 duncles short, furnished near the middle with three 
alternate floral leaves. 
Calyx tetraphyllus, foliolis adpressis, inferne 
lanceolato-ovatis, superne longissime acuminatis. 
Empalement four-leaved, with the leaflets pres¬ 
sed to the blossom, near the base lance-egg-shaped, 
upwards extremely acuminated. 
Corolla per-rosea, uncialis et ultra, basin versus 
magis attenuata, et sub apicem magis inflata, quam 
in aliis varietatibus hujus speciei. 
ij Blossom deep rosy, above an inch long, towards 
the base more attenuated, and near the apex more 
inflated, than the other varieties of this species. 
Stamina octo, capillaria; antherse muticse, sub- 
H Chives eight hair-like threads; tips beardless, 
exsertse. 
rather without the blossom. 
Pistillum. Germen tiarasforme, superne seri- 
ceum, basi glandulis melliferis instructum. 
|j Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, upwards 
silky, and furnished at the base with honey-bearing 
glands. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonse Spei. 
j| Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Floret a mense Julio ad Octobrem, 
jj Flowers from the month of July till October. 
REFERENTIAL 
1. Folium. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A Leaf. 
2. Calyx et Corolla. 
II 2. The Empalement and Blossom. 
3. Calyx lente auctus. 
3. The Empalement magnified. 
4. Stamina diducta et expansa, anthera unica 
lente aucta. 
jj 4. The Chives detached and spread open, with 
one tip magnified. 
5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
i 5. The Seed-bud and Pointal, with the summit 
magnified. 
6. Germen lente auctum. 
1 6. The Seed-bud magnified. 
