ERICA umbellata. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Erica, antheris muticis exertis, corollis umbella- 
tis globoso-conicis, laciniis erectis, foliis ternis bre- 
vibus. 
Heath, with beardless tips without the blossom, 
blossoms umbellated globose-conic, with erect seg¬ 
ments, leaves in threes and short. 
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DE SCRIPT IO. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Caulis fruticosus, flexuoso-erectus, ramulis fili- 
formibus, patulis. 
Stem shrubby, flexuose-erect, with the branches 
thread-shaped and a little spreading. 
Folia ternata, patula, perbrevia, linearia, obtusa, 
subtus sulcata. 
> Leaves in threes, rather spreading, very short, 
linear, blunt, furrowed beneath. 
Flores umbellati, terminales, 3—8 in singula 
umbella, pedunculis filiformibus, fere bilinearibus, 
lente pubescentibus. 
Flowers umbelled, terminal, 3 to 8, in each 
umbel, with peduncles thread-shaped, nearly two 
lines long, and pubescent when magnified. 
Calyx duplex, adpressus, exterior minor, tri- 
phyllus, superior tetraphyllus, foliolis viridibus, dorso 
sulcatis. 
Empalement double, outer less, three-leaved, 
upper four-leaved, the little leaves green, and fur-* 
rowed on the back. 
Corolla globoso-conica, pallide rubro-purpurea, 
laciniis erectis, subrotundis. 
Blossom globose-conic, pale red-purple, with the 
segments erect, and roundish. 
Stamina octo, capillaria, receptaculo inserta; 
antherse muticse, exertas, fuscse. 
Chives. Eight, hair-like, inserted into the re¬ 
ceptacle, tips beardless, without the blossom, 
brown. 
Pistillum. Germen ovato-oblongum, sulca¬ 
tum ; stylus filiformis, corolla duplo longior, anthe- 
rasque longe superans; stigma tetragonum, rubro- 
fuscum. 
Pointal. Seed-bud egg-oblong, furrowed ; 
shaft thread-shaped, twice as long as the blossom 
and far surpassing the tips ; summit four-cornered, 
red-brown. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonse Spei. 
Native of the Cape of Good Elope. 
Floret a mense Aprili in Julium. 
Flowers from April till July. 
REFERENTIA. 
REFERENCE. 
1 . Calyx cum pedunculo lente aucto. 
1 . The Empalement with the peduncle magnified. 
2 . Stamina et Pistillum, a corolla diducta, lente 
aucta. 
2 . The Chives and Pointal, detached from the 
blossom, magnified. 
3 . Pistillum et Germen, stigmate lente aucto. 
3 . The Pointal and Seed-bud, with the summit 
magnified. 
4 . Germen lente auctum. 
4 . The Seed-bud magnified. 
