ERICA densa.
C H A R A C T E R S P E C I F I C U S .
ERICA, aiitheris basi bicornibus, inclusis: floribus
numerosis c foliis porrigentihus : corollis
cylindraccis, lucidis: caule erecto, pyramidato.
D E S C R I P T I O .
CAL LIS fruticosus, snb-bi pedal is, erectos, basi
ramosus, dein spicam simplicem vel ssepe triplicem
pyramidatam formans, ramulis brevibus
vestitaro.
FOLIA quatema et quina, linearía, glabra,
acuta: petiolis brevibus.
FLORES plurcs, é foliis horizontaliter emergentes:
peduurulis brevissimis, bracteis tribus
instructis.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphvllum: foliolis
lato-lanceolatis, serrulatis: corollis adprcssis.
COROLLA cylindrica, «blonga, et lucida, pallida
purpurea vel luteola: limbo rosaceo.
STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria: Rntheris
basi bicornibus, inclusis,
PISTILLUM. Germen tiara1 forme, sulcatum,
ad basin nectariferum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma
tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bona' Spei.
Floret a menso Julii in Octobrcm.
R E F E R E N T I A .
1. Calyx.
2. Corolla.
3. Stamina ä Pistillo diducta, antherá una
lente auctá.
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
S P E C I F I C C H A R A C T E R .
HEATH, witb tips two-horned at the base, and
within the blossom : flowers numerous, standing
straight out from amongst the leaves: blossom
cylindrical and shining: stem upright, ami pyramidal.
DS8C R I P T I O X .
STEM shrubby, near two feet high, upright,
branching out at the base, then forming a single
or often a triple pyramidal spike covered by
short branches.
LEAVES by fours or fives, linear, smooth, and
pouted, with short footstalks.
FLOWERS many, emerging from the leaves in
a horizontal direction ; footstalks very short, ami
furnished with three floral leaves.
EMTALEMENT, Cup four-leaved ; leaflets
broadly lance-shaped, finely sawed, and pressed
to the blossom.
BLOSSOM cylindrical, of an oblong form, and
shining, of a pale purple or yellowish colour:
border rose-coloured.
Cnncs. Eight hair-like threads: tips twohorned
at the base, and within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, and furrowed,
with honey-cops at the base. Shaft
thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered.
Native nf the Cape o f Good Hope.
Flowers from July till October.
r e f e r e n c e .
J. The Empalcment.
1. A Blossom.
3. The Chives and Pointal detached from the
Pointal, one tip magnified.
•1. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.