E R I C A Savileia.
CHARACTER SPECIFICITS.
ERICA, anthoris bas¡ bicornibus, inclusas: flinibus
solitariis, axillaribus, urccolatis, purpuréis :
peiîunculis longissímis : foliis quaternis : ramis
munerosis : caulis humilia.
DESCKIFTIO.
FRI'TET pjgtaueiu, ciegan?, ramosissimus : ramis
et nwnulw flexuosis, creclo-patenlibus.
FOLIA quaterna, linearía, glabra, supra plana,
sub tus sulcata.
FLUKES numerosi. simpliccs. axillares, in medio
ramulorum. et sa*pe tenninales: pcdunculis
buigis-imis, cnlnratis, ad basin braclcis tribus
ins truc lis.
CALYX. Pcriantbinm tetraphyllum : foliolis
ovato-acuininatis, serrulatis.
COROLLA ureeolata, Uete purpurea, glabra, lucida
: Laciniis equalibus, r o lundi», patenlibus,
sub-re ilex is.
STAMINA. Füanicnta octo capillaría: anthera*
basi bicornes, inclusa*.
P i S T I L L U M . Germon tiara-formc, longum, sulcatum.
Stylus lilil'onnis. sub-inclusus. Stigma
tetragon inn.
Habita! ad Caput Bona- Spei.
Floret i menas Aprili in Sepleinbrein.
IlEFEHENTIA.
1. inferior pars Folii lente aucla.
2. Calvx lente auctus.
3. Corolla.
4. Flos varietatis pallida'.
5. Stamina et Fistillum, antherâ unirá lente
aurtâ.
6. Pi-tilhmi et Germen, stigmate lente aucto.
7. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHAEACTER,
HEATH, with tips two-horned at lire base, and
within the blossom: flowers grow singly from
the axilla; of the leaves, pitcher-shaped, of a
purple colour, and with very long footstalks:
leaves by fours: branches numerous: stem low.
n r . s e is i I ' T i o s .
AN elegant dwarf shrub ACTA branching: the
small and large branches are fteiuose, and betAveen
erect and spreading.
LEAVES by fours, linear, smooth, flat on their
upper surface, and furrowed beneath.
FLOAVERS an> numerous, and grOAV s i n g l y from
the axilla1 of the leaves about the middle of the
smaller branches, and often terminate t h e m : the
footstalks are very long, coloured, and furnished
at the base with three floral leaves,
E M P A L E A I E M . Cup four-leaved : the leaflets
are nvately pointed, and finely sawed.
BLOSSOM pitcher-shaped, of a bright purple
colour, smooth, and shining: the segments of
the border are equal, round, spreading, and
nearly relieved.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, w ith lips
two-horned at the base, and « illiiu the blossom.
POIMTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, Jong, and
furrowed. Shalt thread-shaped, andjust within
the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape o f Good Hope.
Flowers from April till September.
II I'.FEIt ENCE.
1. The under side o f a Leaf magnified.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. A Blossom.
4. Flower of a pale variety.
6. COms and Poiotal, one tip magnified.
c. Seed-bud and Poinial, summit magnified.
7, Seed-bud magnified.