ERICA suaveolens.
CHARACTER SPECTFICUS.
ERICA antheria muücis inclusis : floribus racemosis
: folüs sparsis : caule fruticoso, erecto.
DESCRIPTIO.
C a u i i s sesquipcdalis, crectus, ramosus : ramulis
simplieibus.
FOLIA quina vcl sena, numerosa, sparsa, linearía,
acula, adsccndentia.
FLORES in apicibus ramorum, suhtcrminales ct
racemosi: corolla cilindrica, odorata, pallide purpurea
; oris laciuüs recúrvala.
GERMEN tiarseforme, sulcatum, ad basin ncclariis
melliferis instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bona: Sper.
Floret a menee Maii in Julium.
RE FERENTI A.
1. Calyx.
2. Corolla varietatis profunda;.
3. StaminaetPistillum,anthera unalenteaucta.
4. Gcrmen et Pistillum, stigmatc lente aucto.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH with beardless tips within the blossom :
(lowers grow in clusters : leaves scattered: stem
shrubby and erect.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM a foot and half high, upright, branching
: the smaller branches simple.
LEAVES by fives or sixes, numerous, scattered,
linear, pointed, and ascending.
FLOWERS at the ends of the branches, nearly
terminal, and clustered : blossom cylindrical,
sweet-scented, and of a pale purple colour: segments
of the border recurved.
SEED-BUD turban-shaped, and furrowed, furnished
al the base with honey-bearing nectaries.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of May till July,
REFERENCE.
1. Empalement.
2. Blossom of a darker variety.
3. Chives and Pointai, one tip magnified.
4. Seed-bud and Pointai, summit magnified.
THIS delicate species of Erica was raised from seed in the summer of 1828, at the Nursery of
Messrs. Rolfinson, Lower Tooting. The only Heath to which it bears any resemblance is^ the
E. deusa, figured in Vol. I I I . Its specific title alone will recommend it as a most valuable addition
to this extensive genus, as the odour of its blossoms is equal in fragrance to almost any Rose.