ERICA pellucida rubra.
CHARACTER SPECIFICU5.
ERICA, anfheris rauticis, inclusis: stylo e x e r t o :
foliis quatcrnis: floribus tcrminalibus : caule
fru ticoso.
DESCR1PTIO.
CAULIS frnticosus, pedalis el ultra, ramis n u -
merosis filiformibus.
FOLIA quaterua, h o r i z o n t a l i t e r patentia, nrcvia,
sub-linear in, obtusa, margiuibus hispidis.
FLORES in ramis terminalibus unus vol quatuor,
c e r n u i : corolla clavatá, curvata, rubella.
GGRMr.N tiara-forme, sulcatum, a d basin u c c -
tariis mclliferis instructum.
H a b i t a t ad C a p u t B o n a ; Spei.
F l o r e t a mense A u g u s t i ad N o v e m b r e m .
REFERENTIA.
1. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, antbera u n a
lente aucta.
2. G e r m e n et P i s t i l l u m , stigmate lente aucto.
3. Varictates floribus intcrmediis.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, w i t h beardless tips, w i t h i n the blossom :
shaft w i t h o u t : leaves g r o w b y f o u r s : flowers terminal
: stem shrubby.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, a foot or more h i g h , w i t h n u merous
thread-shaped branches.
LEAVES b y fours, spreading h o r i z o n t a l l y , short,
nearly linear, blunt-ended, w i t h bristly margins.
FLOWERS terminate the branches in one to four
flowers, n o d d i n g : blossom club-shaped, curved,
and o f a reddish colour.
SEED-BUD turban-shaped, f u r r o w e d , and f u r nished
at t he base w i t h h o n e y - b e a r i n g nectaries.
N a t i v e o f the C a p e o f G o o d H o p e .
F l o w e r s f r om the m o n t h o f A u g u s t till N o vember.
REFERENCE.
1. T h e Chives and P o i n t a l , one t ip magnified.
'•I. Seed-bud a n d P o i n t a l , summit magnified.
3 . Intermediate flower varieties.
T i n s E r i c a varies considerably f r om the o r i g i n a l species, and yet retains the l e a d i ng feature o f transparency
that designates the mother plant. T h e flowers given w i t h the dissections are f r om plants
nearly allied to the white-11c wered pellucida; and b a d we been then in possession o f them, they w o u l d
have arranged better w i t h that f i g u r e ; but this o p p o r t u n i t y admits o f their being made use o f as intermediate
varieties o f flower only.
O u r d r a w i n g was taken at the H a m m e r s m i t h nursery in 1 8 1 6 , where it was first raised f r om seed