ERICA Andromedaeflora.
CHARACTER SPECIF1CUS.
E R I C A , aiitheris rristatis, inclusis : floribus axillaribus,
sub-tcrminalibus, declinaüs: curollis
D?aJtiSj niagnis, incarnatis: ibliis ternatis, subulalis,
aculis : caulis erectus : rami vcrticillati.
D E S C R I P T I O N
C A U I A ewctatj gracilis: ramis superioribus
brevibus : inferioribus longioribus, vcrticillatis.
F O L I A ternata, sub-trigona, subulate, arcuata,
t e i l t e , copra plana, subtus sulcata.
FLORES a\illarc=. sub-terminales: ramis superioribus
brevissimis i p i e c formam exhibentibus :
ramis ad basin plants longis, verticillatis.
C A L Y X . Periantbium tetraphyllum: foliolis
lalo-ovatis, acutis, coloratis, magiiis, adpressis.
C O R O L L A ovate, basi inflata, magna, et incarnata
: laciniis reetis, rotundatis.
ST I UINA. Filamente or to, plana; anthers
cristate;, mclusaj.
P i m i X V M . Germcn conieum, Mikatum.
Stylus liliformis, inclusus. Stigma tetragoiiiiin.
Habitat ad Caput Borne Spei.
Floret a mense Martio in Junium.
ü £ F E R E N T I A .
1. Calyx.
2. Corolla.
3. Kadern expansa.
4. Stamina et Pistillum.
5. Stamen uiiitum lcnle auetum.
6. Germcn et Pislillum. hligmate lente aurto.
7. Germcn lente auetum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER,
H E A T H , with crested tips within the blossom :
flowers grow from the axilla; of the leaves,
nearly terminal, and bending downwards : blossom
egg-shaped, large and flesh-coloured : leaves
by threes, awl-shaped, and pointed: stem upright
: branches whorled.
DESCRIPTION.
S T E M upright, slender: the upper branches
short: those below are longer, and grow in
whorls.
L E A V E S by threes, nearly three-sided, awlshaped,
bowed, and pointed, flat on their upper
surface, and furrowed beneath.
F L O W E R S g r ow from the insertion o f the leaves,
nearly terminal. The branches on the upper
part are very short, and bear the appearance of
a spike, The branches on the lower part o f the
plant are long, and whorled.
E M P A L E M E N T . Cup four-leaved ; leaflets are
broadly egg-shaped, pointed, coloured, large,
and pressed to the blossom.
BuwaOM egg-shaped, swelled at the base,
large, and fiesh-coloured: the segments are
straight out, and rounded.
CHIVES. Eight threads, flat: tips crested,
and within the blossom.
POIHTAL. Seed-bud conical, furrowed. Shaft
thread-shaped, and within the blossom. Summit
four-cornered.
Native o f the Cape o f Good Hope.
Flowers from March till June.
REFERENCE.
1, T h e Empalement
a. A Blossom.
3. The same spread open.
4. The Chives and Points].
5. A Chive magnified.
6. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
7. Seed-bud magnified.