ERICA mucronata.
CllAIlACTP.lt SPKCIFICCS.
ERICA, millions muticis, inclusís: stylo excrto.
Florea ramuloa terminant. Corulla campanulata,
iiiraniata : Ibliis ternis, miieronatis. Caulis fruticosus,
raniosus.
I) H5C It I PTIO.
CAULIS sesqui pedal is, frutieosus. Rami et rannili
numerosi, erecti, patentes vel cernui.
FOLIA terna, trígona, glabra, erecto-patentia,
apiec mucronato incurvato.
FLORES ramos terminant, rt temí vel seni sunt
el cernui. Pcduneuli longi, colorali : bracteis
tribus miieronatis.
CALYX tetraphyllus: foliolis ad basin ovatis,
ápice mucronato, coloratis, adprcssís.
COROLLA campantilata, incarnat a : oris laciniis
a'qualibus, crecto-patenlibus.
STAMINA, Filanienta oeto capillaria. Anthcra
1 miilica', utclUMB.
PlsTii.i.UM. Germen tianefonne, sulcatum,
ad basin nectariferiim. Stylus filiformis, overtus.
Stigma ciineavum.
Habitat ad Capul Bonoe Spei.
Floret a mense Maio in Augustum.
UF.IEKENTIA.
1. Corulla.
2. Calyx lente auctus,
3. Stamina et Pistilluin,
4. Stamen uuicum lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, -within the blossom:
shaft without. Flowers terminate the small
branches. Blossom bell-shaped, and flesh-coloured.
Leaves by threes, mucronated at the
end. Stem shrubby and branching.
DESCRIPTION".
STEM a foot and a half high, and shrubby.
The large and small branches are numerous,
erect, spreading or nodding.
LEAVES by threes, three-sided, smooth, between
erect and spreading, with a mucronated
point turned inward.
FLOWERS terminate the branches, and are from
3 to 6, nodding. Footstalks long, coloured,
with three mucronated floral leaves.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved. The leaflets are
ovate at the base, with a mucronated point, coloured,
and pressed to the blossom.
BLOSSOM bell-shaped, flesh-coloured : the segments
of the border are equal, and between erect
and spreading.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads. Tips beardless,
and within the blossom.
P O I N T A L . Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed,
with honey-cups at the base. Shaft threadshaped,
and without the blossom. Summit
hollow.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope,
Flowers from May till August.
I! EFERENCE.
1. A Blossom.
2. The Empalement magnified,
3. The Chives and Pointal.
4. A Chive magnified,
5. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
G. Seed-bud magnified.