ERICA mollis 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
I 
Erica, antlieris aristatis, inclusis: floribus in ura- 
bellis axillaribus, globosis, pilosis: foliis quater- 
nis: caule fruticoso. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis pedalis, fruticosus, erectus: ramulis ad- 
scendentibus. 
Folia quaterna, linearia, obtusa, pilosa, paten- 
tia, supra plana, subtus sulcata. 
Flores in umbellis, axillares: corolla globosa, 
purpurea, pilosa : laciniis rotundatis, patentibus, 
sequalibus. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonse Spei. 
Floret a mense Julio in Septembrem. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Folium lente auctura. 
2 . Calyx lente auctus. 
3. Anthera una lente aucta. . 
4. Germcn et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
5 . Germen lente auctum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with bearded tips, within the blossom: 
flowers grow in umbels from the axillas of the 
leaves, globular, and hairy: leaves by fours: stem 
shrubby. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem a foot high, shrubby and upright: branches 
ascending. 
Leaves by fours, linear, obtuse, hairy, and 
spreading, flat on their upper surface and fur¬ 
rowed beneath. 
Flowers grow in umbels from the axillae of 
the leaves: blossom globular, purple, and hairy : 
segments of the border rounded, spreading, and 
equal. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from the month of July till September. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A Leaf magnified. 
2 . The Empalement magnified. 
3 . One Chive magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 
5. Seed-bud magnified. 
The Erica mollis is a compact little shrub, with lively purple flowers: both flowers and leaves are 
covered with short hairs, which give it a soft appearance, although to the touch the hairs are more 
hispid than downy. Our figure is from a plant at Mr. Lee’s Nursery. 
