E R I C A dumosa.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
ERICA, antheria rnuticis, exertis: floribus tcrmi- HEATH, with beardless tips, without the blossom:
nalibus, pcudulis: pedunculis longissimis : foliis | flowers terminal and pendulous : footstalks vert
long : leaves by threes.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS humilis, fruticosus: ramis mime ros is,
filiformibus.
FOLIA termita, ovata, hispida, pateutia, margine
revoluta, subios glauca.
FLORES terminales in umbel I is : corolla péndula,
urceolata, purpurea: pedunculis patentibus,
longissimis, ti mubus.
GERMEN tianeforme, sulcatum, tomcntosum, ad
basin nectariis melliferis iustructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bona; Spei.
Floret a meiise Julii ad Novembrem.
RL'FERENTIA.
1. Folium auctum.
2 . Slamina et Pistilliim, antherâ unâ lente auctâ
3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
4. Germen lente auctum.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM low, shrubby: branches numerous ami
thread-shaped.
LEAVES by threes, ovate, hispid, and spreading,
rolled back at the edges, and glaucous beneath,
FLOWERS terminate the branches in umbrls:
blossom pendulous, pitcher-shaped, and purple:
footstalks spreading, very long, and slender.
SEED-CUD turban-shaped, furrowed, downy,
and furnished at the base with honey-bearing nectaries.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of July till November
REFERENCE.
1 . A leaf magnified.
2 . Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.
3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
4. Seed-bud magnified.
THE Erica dumosa is one of those few species whose rude exterior differs from the leading feature ol
neatness and uniformity so prevalent throughout this extensive family of plants. It is a dwarf shrub,
•with crowded irregular branches and coarse foliage, but possessing bright purple flowers on very lonq
peduncles. By some cultivators it is called longipeduncvlata, a little more descriptive than speci
and which might be confounded with the E. pedimcidata. But as a low bushy shrub il may Basil}
recognised by the unoccupied title of dumosa. Our figure represents an entire plant raised from si
at the Hammersmith Nursery in 18 to. It requires rather more attention than usual, to prevent Ik
long slender footstalks of the flowers from being too powerfully influenced by the atmosphere, whicl
sometimes gives them a very disordered appearance.