ERICA praegnans.
CHARACTER S P P.CI FI C US.
ERICA, antlieris inclusts, basi bicornibus : floribus
terminal ¡bus, fasciculatis : corolüs urecolatis,
iuflatis: folüs quaternis, linearibus: caulis dumosus.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis et ultra, teres et
dumosus.
FOLIA quatenia, Ii near ia, acuta, basi recurvata,
apice adscendentia, eiliata, nitida.
FLORES in ramulis terminales, fasciculati: pedunculi
purpurei, basi bracteis binis parvis oppositis
iustrueti.
CALYX tetrapbvHus, foliolis lanceolatis, acutis,
adpressis.
COROLLA magna, inllata, ovata, glabra, nitida,
ore aretata, quod pallide carneum est:
limbi laciniis a^qualibus, pateutibus, carneis, in
centro saturate rubris.
STAMINA. Filamcnta octo capillaria, Antliera?
basi bicorncs, inclusa?.
PISTILLUM. Cermcn tiara'forme, sulcatum, ad
basin nectariferum. Stylus filiformis, inclusus.
Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bona; Spei.
Floret a mense Aprili in Augustuni.
UETEKESTIA.
1. Calyx.
2. Slamina et Pislillum, antlierà unicâ ¡ente
auctâ.
3. Germen et Pistilluin, stigmate lente aucto.
4. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with lips within the blossom, and twohorned
at their base : flowers terminal in
bunches: blossoms pitcher-shaped, and swelled :
leaves by fours, and linear: stem bushy.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, a foot or more high, ruuud
and bushy.
LEAVES by fours, linear, pointed, with arecurved
base and an ascending poinl, ciliated,
and shining.
FLOWERS terminalc the branches in bunches:
footstalks purple, and furnished with two small
opposite floral leaves at their base.
E IMPALEMENT four-leaved : leaflets lanceshaped,
pointed, and pressed to the blossom.
BLOSSOM large, swelled, of an ovate form,
smooth, and shining ; narrowed at the mouth,
which is o f a pale flesh-colour: the segments of
the border are equal, spreading', flesh-coloured,
and o f a deep red in the centre.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads. Tips twohorned
at the base, and within the blossom.
P O I V T A L . Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed,
with honey-cups at their base. Shaft threadshaped,
and within the blossom. Summit fourcornered.
Native o f the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from April till August.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement.
2. The Chives and Pointai, one tip magnified.
3. Seed-bud and Pointai, summit magnified
4. Seed-bud magniiied.
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