ERICA vernex rubra.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA antheris cristatis, inclusis : floribus in
medio ramorum : folüs ternatis: caule erecto.
DESCRIPTIO.
( M u - pedalis et ultra : ramis plcrumque
ternis.
FOLIA ternata, subulata, supra plana, subtus
sulco exarata.
FLORES ramulos tcrnatim plcrumque terminant
in medio ramorum, cernui : corolla subglobosa,
ignea, glutinosissima, et lucida: limbo satúrate viridi
: laciniis aiqualibus, erectis.
GERMEN tianeformc.ad basin nectariis mclliferis
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SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Habitat ad Caput Bona: Spei.
HEATH with crested tips within the blossom:
flowers grow in the middle of the large branches:
leaves by threes : stem upright.
Floret per menses vernales, ¡terumque incnsibus
au lu m nal ib us.
DESCRH'TION.
STEM a foot or more high: branches mostly by
threes.
LEAVES by threes, awl-shaped, flat on their
upper surface, and furrowed beneath.
FLOWERS grow in the middle of the large
branches, and terminate the small branches mostly
by threes, nodding: blossom nearlv globular, of a
fiery colour, very glutinous, aud shining: border
of a deep green : segments equal and upright.
SEED-BCD turban-shaped, and furnished at the
base with honey-bearing nectaries.
1
1 Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
|j Flowers in the spring months, and again in
autumn.
REFER ENTIA.
1 . Calyx.
2. Stamen unuin, anthem lente aueta.
3 . Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
4. Germen lente auctum.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement.
2. A Chive, summit magnified.
3. Seed-bud and Pointed, summit magnified.
4. Seed-bud magnified.
THIS Erica was first raised in the summer of 1823, and flowered in the spring of 1824, at Messrs. Rollinson's
nursery : it also bloomed again in the autumn of the same year, and is therefore doubly valuable.
It is at present a scarce plant; and, although only a variation between E. vernex and E.ardens,
is superior to either of them in beauty, and will, no doubt, be considered as one of the finest
of Lhe Erica1 family.