ERICA canaliculata, minor.
C H A R A C T E R SPECTFICUS.
ERICA, anthcris mutícis, aub-inclusis : floribus
terminal ¡bus, ternis : corolla parva, cainpaiiulata:
folia terna, stlbtus canaliculata: caulis
fru ticosas.
D E S C R I P T I O .
C A U L I S bipedalis, fruticosus, crcctus : rainuli
terni, verticillati, filiformes, numerosi.
F O L I A terna, erecta, obtusa, supra plana, subtus
canaliculata, glauco-I'iridia : petiolis adprcssis.
FLORES in ramulis terminales, plerumque terni,
cernui : pedunculi colorati, corolla longiores,
bracteis tribus coloratis, lanceolaíis, instructi.
C A L Y X tetrapliyllus : foliolis ovatis, coloratis,
glandulosis, adpressis.
C O R O L L A parva, campanulata, carnea : oris
laciniis ovatis, acutis.
S T A M I N A orto, espillaría : antherse mutiese,
inclusse.
P I S T I L L U H . Germen tiaraeforme, sulcatum,
ad basin nectariferum. Stylus filiformia, exertus,
carne us. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bona? Spei.
Floret a mense Martii in Junium.
R E F F R E N T I A .
1. Inferior pars folii lente aucta.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Corolla.
4. Stamen inium lente auctum.
5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
6. Germen lente auctum.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
H E A T H , with beardless tips just within the blossom
: flowers terminal, by threes: blossom small
and bell-shaped : leaves by threes, channelled on
the under side : stem shrubby.
D E S C R I P T I O N .
S T EM two feet, shrubby, upright: small
branches grow by threes in whorls, threadshaped,
and numerous.
LEAVES by threes, upright, and obtuse, flat
on their upper surface, channelled beneath, and
of a glaucous green : footstalks pressed to the
stem.
FLOWERS terminate the branches mostly by
threes, nodding: peduncles coloured, longer
than the blossom, and furnished with three
lance-shaped, coloured, floral leaves.
E M P A L E M E N T four-leaved: the leaflets are
ovate, coloured, glandular, and pressed to the
blossom.
BLOSSOM small, bell-shaped, and flesh-coloured
; the segments of the mouth are ovate,
and sharp-pointed.
C H I V E S . Eight hair-like threads ; tips beardless,
and within the blossom.
P O I S T A L . Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed,
w itli honey-cups at the base. Shaft threadshaped,
without the blossom, and flesh-coloured.
Summit four-cornered.
Native o f the Cape o f Good Hope.
Flowers from March till June.
REFF.KF.NCF.
1. The under side of a Leaf magnified.
2. The Empalement magnified.
3. A Blossom.
4. One of the Chives magnified.
5. Seed-bud and Poiutal, summit magnified.
G. Seed-bud magnified.