ERICA vernex.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris cristatia, inclusis: floribus terms,
bicoloribus, viscosis, cernuis, aub-globosis :
foiiis tcrnis.
TJESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS erectus, sesquipedaUs: rainnlis tcrnis,
Vcrticillatis.
FOLIA ternata, sub-trigona, supra plana, subi
;•- suit o cxarata : pctiolis longis.
FLORES laterales, plerumque ternati, cernui,
speciosi: pedunculi colorati, bracteis tribus coloratis
instruct!.
CALYX tetraphyllus: foliolis ovatis, coloratis,
adprcssis.
COROLLA sub-globosa, glutinosissima, et lucida,
colore áureo : laciuiis oris erectis, saturate
viridibus.
STAMINA. Fi lamen ta octo capillaria. Anthera;
cristata-, inclusa?.
PISTILLUM. Germen tianeforme, sulcatum.
Stylus filifonnis, sub-inclusus. Stigma tetragouum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonos Spci,
Florel a nicn-e Januarü iu Maitim.
REFERBHTtA.
1. Inferior pars Folii lente aucta,
S. Calyx.
3. Stamina et Pistillum, lente aucta.
•i. Germen et Pistillum.
b. Ctrinen lente aucluni.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with crested tips within the blossom:
flowers grow by threes, are two-coloured,
clammy, nodding, and nearly round: leaves by
threes.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM upright, a foot and a half high: the
branches grow by threes in whorls.
LEAVES by threes, nearly Ihrce-sided, flat on
their upper surface, and deeply furrowed beneath:
footstalks long.
FLOWERS grow sideways mostly by threes,
nodding and showy: footstalks coloured, and
furnished with three coloured floral leaves.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved ; the leaflets are
ovate, coloured, and pressed to the blossom.
BLOSSOM nearly round, very glutinous, and
-hining, of a gold colour: the segments o f the
border are upright, and of a deep green colour.
CHIVES eight hair-like threads. Tips crested,
and within the blossom.
POIXTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, and furroAved.
Shaft thread-shaped, and just within
the blossom. Summit four-cornered.
Native o f the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from January till May.
RI'.IT.RENCE.
1. The under side of a Leaf magnified.
2. The Empalement.
3. The Chives and PoiBtal magnified.
4. Seed-bud and PomtaL
b. Seed-bud magnified.