ERICA Uhria. 
CHARACTER SPECJFICUS. 
Eri c a antheris ariftatis, fub-exfertis; ftylo exferto, 
apice curvato ; corollis clavato-tubulofis, tomen- 
tofis, fanguineis, ball quad rati s, apicibus viren- 
tibus; floribus folitariis, terminalibus; foliis, ter- 
nis, glabris. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis fruticofus, bipedalis, rami pauci, eredli; 
ramuli frequentiffimi, erecto-patenti. 
Folia terna, linearia, glabra, patentia, fubtu's 
fulcata; petiolis adpreffis. 
Flores terminales, folitarii, racemum for- 
mantes in apice ramorum; pedunculi craffiufculi, 
bradleis tribus minutis inftrudti. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, quadra- 
tum; foliolis ovato-acuminatis, marginatis, intus 
vifcofis, adpreffis. 
Corolla clavato-tubulofa, tomentofa, fan- 
guinea, apice vi re fee ns, bad quadrata, vifeofa; 
laciniis limbi eredtis, fubincurvis. 
Stamina. Filamenta odto, capillaria. An- 
thcrag ariftatas, fab-exfertae. 
Pistillum. Germen fub-ovatum, coftatum, 
ad bafin fummaque glandulofum. Stylus filifor- 
mis, exfertus, apice curvatus. Stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bona Spei. 
Floret ab Augutto, in Septembrem. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Calyx auctus. 
2. Flos. 
3. Stamina et Piftillum. 
4. Stamina aPiftillo didudla, anthera una lente 
audta. 
5. Piftillum, Stigma audtum. 
6. Germen, lente audtum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath with bearded tips, juft without the blof- 
fom; ffiaft without the bloffom, curved at the 
end; bloffioms tubularly club-ffiaped, downy, 
blood-coloured, fquared at the bafe, green at the 
ends; flowers folitary, terminal; leaves grow by 
threes, and fmooth. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem ffirubby, grows two feet high, large 
branches few and upright; fmaller branches nu¬ 
merous, upright and fpreading. 
Leaves grow by threes, linear, fmooth, fpread¬ 
ing, furrowed beneath; foot-ftalks prefled to the 
branches. 
Flowers terminate the fmall branches, grow 
folitary, forming a long bunch at the top of the 
branches; foot-ftalks rather fleffiy, having three 
fmall floral leaves. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, fquared; 
leaflets pointed egg-fhaped, bordered, clammy 
on the infide, prefled to the bloffom. 
Blossom tubularly club-fhaped, downy,blood- 
colour, green-ended, fquared at the bafe, clammy; 
fegments of the border upright, rather turned in¬ 
wards. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads. Tips bearded 
juft without the bloffom. 
Point al. Seed-bud nearly egg-fhaped,ribbed, 
glandular at the bafe and the top. Shaft thread- 
fhaped, without the bloffom, curved at the point. 
Summit four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from Auguft till September. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement, magnified. 
2. A Flower. 
3. The Chives and Pointal. 
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one 
tip magnified. 
5. The Pointal, the Summit magnified. 
6. The Seed-bud, magnified. 
