E R I C A formosa, bicolor.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, anlheris muticis, sub-inclusis : floribus
sub apices ramoriim verticillatis : corollis clavalis,
bicoloratis: foliis sparsis.
D E S C R I P T I O .
CAULIS sesquipedalis vcl bipedalis, erectos;
rami pauci.
FOLIA subseua, linearía, obtusa, patenlia. paríim
cúrvala : petiolis longis.
FLORES sub apices ramorum vcrticillati, amillares,
ct horizontales: pedunculis brevibus bracteis
tribus instructis: corolla clavata, longa, parüiu
curvata, ad basin rubra, ad apiccm flava:
calycis foliolis subovatis, adprcssís.
GERMEN tiararfornie, sulcatum, ad basin ncctariis
melliferís instructum.
Habitat ad Caput Bonoe Spei.
Floret a mouse Julii in Octobrcm.
RE P E R E N T i a .
1 . Calyx.
2 . Stamen unum, cum antherâ lente auetâ.
3. GerraenetPistillum, stigmate lente aucto.
4. Flos varietatis trivialis.
5. Flos varietatis obscure colorata:.
0. Flos varietatis sordide colorafce.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, just within the blossom
: flowers grow in whorls near the ends of
the branches: blossom club-shaped, and twocoloured:
leaves scattered.
D E S C R I P T I O N .
STEM a foot and a half or two feet high, upright
: branches few.
LEAVES nearly by sixes, linear, blunt, spreading,
and slightly curved : footstalks long.
FLOWERS grow near the ends of the branches
in whorls, from the axillae of the leaves,
horizontal direction: peduncles short, and fur.
nished with three floral leaves : blossom club
shaped, long, and slightly curved, red at the haw,
and yellow at the end : the leaflets of the cup
arc nearly ovate, and pressed to the blossom
SEED-BUD turban-shaped, furrowed, and furnished
at the base with honey-bearing nectaries
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of July till October
R E F E R E N C E .
1 . The Empalement.
2 . A Chive with a tip magnified.
3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
4. Flower of a slight variety.
5. Flower of a dull-coloured variety.
6. Flower of a dirty-coloured variety.
each of them.