ERICA recurvata.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA anfheris muticis, inclusis, stylo exserto:
foliis confertis; floribus terminalibus, umbellatis,
declinatis ; caule fruticoso.
DESCHIPTIO.
GAULIS fruticosus, pcdalis et ultra: ramulis
aggregatis, ápice recurvatis.
FOLIA plerumque sena, sparsa, linearia, obtusa,
flexuosa; petiolis longis.
FLORES iu utnbellís terminalibus sex ad novem,
dcclinati.
COROLLA oblonga, albicans; oris laciiiiis reclis,
sub-nigris: stylo rubro, exsertissimo.
GERM EN tiara-forme, sulcatum, ad basin nectariis
nielliferis iustructum : stylo filiformi, longissi'mo.
Habitat ad Caput Bona1 Spei.
Floret a Mensc Aprili in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx.
2. Corolla.
3. Stamina a Pistilla diducta, antbera una
lcntc aucta.
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with beardless tips, within the blossom:
shaft without: leaves crowded together : flowers
terminate the branches in umbels, hanging down:
stem shrubby.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, a foot or more high: the small
branches crowded together, and recurved at the
point.
LEAVES mostly by sixes, scattered, linear, blunt,
and flexuose : footstalks long.
FLOWERS grow in terminal umbels from six to
nine, hanging down.
BLOSSOM oblong, of a whitish colour: segments
of the border straight, of a dark-brown
colour: shaft red, and very much outside the
blossom.
SEED-BOO turban-shaped, furrowed, and furnished
at the base with honey-bearing nectaries:
shaft thread-shaped, and very long.
Native of the Gape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of April till July.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalemcnt.
2. The Blossom.
3. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magni
lei.
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
THROUGHOUT this extensive family there is not one that bears any resemblance to this perfectly new
and distinct species; the aggregation of the leaves and branches, joined to the drooping character of
Us flowers with long descending pointals that rival the finest purple silk, give it a singularity of
appearance that renders it equally interesting with the most splendid species. We have seen it
flowering successively from the end of almost every branch. Our figure represents nearly an entire
plant, from the nursery of Mr. Lee.
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