ERICA taxifolia, major.
CHARACTER SPECIEICUS.
ERICA, antheris cristatis, inclusis: fioribus in
umbcllis tcrminalibus : corollis urceolatis : foliis
ternis, irigonis, mucronalis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS crcctus, bípcdalis : raimilis ternis, verticillatis.
FOLIA terna, rígida, trigona, mucronata, glauca,
supril plana, subtùs canal leu la la : pctiolis
longis.
FLORES ramos terminant in umbcllis erectis :
peduuculi colorati, bractcis tribus coloratis :
corolla urceolata, carnea, calvcc colóralo fere
tecla.
GERMEN tiaroeforme, sulcatum, ad basin nectarüs
mcllifcris instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bona; Spei.
Floret a mease Julii in Decembrem.
REPERENT I A.
I. C a l y x.
1. Stamen ununi, c um antherfi u n â lente auctâ.
3. G e r m e n auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with crested tips, within the blossom:
flowers terminate the branches in umbels: blossoms
pitcher-shaped: leaves by threes, threesided,
and mucrouated.
DESCRIPTION'.
STEM upright, two feet high ; smaller branches
grow by threes in whorls.
LEAVES by threes, harsh, three-sided, mucrouated,
glaucous, flat on the upper surface, and
channelled beneath : footstalks long.
FLOWERS grow at the ends of the branches iu
upright umbels: footstalks coloured, with three
coloured floral leaves: blossom pitcher-shaped,
flesh-coloured, and almost covered by a coloured
cup.
SEED-BCD turban-shaped, furrowed, and furnished
with honey-bearing nectaries at the base.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of July till December.
REFERENCE.
1. T h e E m p a l e m e n t.
2. A C h i v e , w i t h a t ip magnified,
3. Seed-bud m a g n i f i e d .
T i n s fine plant resembles b o t h the E . c a l y c i n a m a j o r and the E . elegans, as well as the E . t a x i f o l i a,
o f w h i c h it is considered as a l a r g e v a r i e t y : but f r om the crested character o f the antherse w e are
i n c l i n e d to r e g a r d it as e q u a l l y related to the t w o former species. It is w e l l k n o w n to cultivators by
the t i t le w e h a v e a d o p t e d , and is said to have been first raised f r om C a p e seed at the H i b b c r l i a n collection
in 1S0G. O u r d r a w i n g was made f r om a plant t w o feet h i g h in the nursery o f M r . W i l l i a m s .