ERICA reftugens.
CHARACTER SPECIPICUS.
ERICA, antheris muticis, inclusis : stylo exerto :
foliisquatcrnis: floribus terminalibus : c a u l e f r u -
ticoso.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, sesquipedal is, erectas, r a -
mulis numcrosis.
FOLIA quatema, linearía, longa, pateiiti-adsceiidcntia.
FLORES in ramulis terminales, p l e r u m q u e q u a -
terni, cernui'. corolla cylindracea, lucida, i m a
parte la;te rubra, apiee viridi.
GERMEN liarteformc, sulcatum, superne v i l -
losum, ad basin nectariis mclliferis ins truc tutu.
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 J u l i i ad O c t o b r e m .
REFERE NTIA.
1. C a l y x .
2. Stamiua a Pistillo diducta, anthera única
lente ancla.
3. G e r m e n et P i s t i l l u m , stigmate lente aucto.
4. G e r m e n lente auctum.
5. Varietates floribus minoribus.
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 b y f o u r s : flowers terminal:
stem shrubby.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, a foot and h a l f h i g h , and upright,
w i t h numerous small branches.
LEAVES b y fours, linear, long, and between
erect and spreading.
FLOWERS terminate the small branches, mostly
b y fours, n o d d i n g : blossom cylindrical a n d
shining, the l o w e r part o f a b r i g h t red colour,
the m o u t h green.
SEED-BUD turban-shaped and f u r r o w e d , hairy
on the upper part, and furnished at the 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 J u l y till O c t o b e r .
REFERENCE.
1. T h e Empttletnent.
2. T h e Chives and P o i n t a l , one tip magnified.
3. Seed-bud a n d P o i n t a l , summit magnified.
4. Seed-bud magnified.
5. Smaller-flowered varieties.
OUR figure was taken in 1 8 1 9 f r om plants in the H a m m e r s m i t h collection, and considered as a seminal
variety o f the E . versicolor, t h o u g h it certainly more resembles the E . hirta : but f r om these and every
other species o f E r i c a it may be always distinguished just previously to flowering, b y the empalements
f o r m i n g a terminal cone at the end o f each flower-branch of a rich deep red colour, w h i c h only separate
to a l l ow the b r i g h t green ends o f the buds to make their first approach towards maturity : it is therefore
beautiful in every stage o f inflorescence.