E R I C A oppositifolia, rubra.
C H A R A C T E R S P E C I F I C Ü S.
ERICA, anlheris muticis, inclusis : fioribns tirreoïatîs,
nibris; foliis binis, adpressis : caulc teoui
: ramis virgatis.
I1ESCRIPTIQ.
C A « U S sub-pedalis, tenuis : rami virgati,
nmnerosi.
F o u A binalim opposita, triquetra, nitida,
ad pressa.
FLORES terminales, plcrumquc bini : pedunculi
breves, bracteis duabus coloratîs.
C A L Y X . Perianth ium magnum: folioHs ovatis,
acutis, rubris.
COROLLA urceolata, rubra, limbo quadrilobo,
acuto, sub-reflexo.
STAMINA octo capîlîaria : antheroe mutica;, inclusoe.
P I S T I L L Ü M . Germ en tiara;formc, sulcatum,
rubrum, ad basin nec tarifer um.
Habitat ad Caput Bona; Spei.
Floret a mense M a i o in Augustum.
R E F E R E N T I A .
I . Calyx et b rae toa.
5. Corolla.
3. Stamina a Pistillo díducta nnthcrS una
tente auctâ.
1 PistíIIum stigmate diducto lenteque aticto.
6. Germen auctum.
í> Kamulus cum involucro floram.
7. Flos et Folia varietatis parva?.
S P E C I F I C C H A R A C T E R .
HEATH, with beardless lips within the blossom:
flowers pitcher-shaped and red : leaves by twos,
pressed to the branches: stein slender: branches
twiggy.
D E S C R I P T I O N .
STEM near a foot high, and slender: branches
twiggy, and numerous.
LEAVES by twos, opposite, three-sided, shining,
and pressed to the branches.
FLOWERS terminal, mostly by twos: footstalk'
short, with two floral leaves coloured.
EMPALEMF-XT. Cup large: leaflets ovale,
pointed, and red.
BLOSSOM pitcher-shaped and red, with a
slightly reflescd and pointed four-Iobed border.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like tips, beardless, and
within the blossom.
PoifiTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed,-
and red, with honey-cups at the base.
Native o f the Cape o f Good Hope.
Flowers from May till August,
REFERENCE.
1. The Empaleuicut and floral Leaves.
2. A Blossom.
3. Tlie Chives detached from the Pointal, one
tip magnified.
4. Seed-hud and Pointal, with the summit detached
and magnified.
5. The Seed-bud magnified.
fi. A branch with the involucrum of the
flowers.
7. Flower and Leaf of a small variety.
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