ERICA glomerata.
CHARACTER SPECIF1CUS.
J'2RICA, ¡mlheris muticis, inclusis: flores ramos
lermiuant in capitibus aggrcgatis: foliis ternatis:
ra mis virgatis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS humilis: rami et ramuli filiformes,
flexuon.
FOLIA ternata, siibulata, erecta, cauli arlprcssa.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, w i t h beardless tips, w i t h i n the blossoms:
flowers terminate t h e branches in c r o w d e d heads:
leaves b y threes: branches t w i g g y.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM l o w : the small and l a r ge branches are
thread-shaped, a n d fiexuose,
LEAVES b y threes, awl-shaped, u p r i g h t , and
j pressed to the stem.
FLORES terminales, capitibus aggregatis : cor
o l la urccolata, i n c a r n a n t : calycis folíola m a g n a ,
o v a t a , acuminata, colorata, erecta.
GERMEN tiaroeforme, sulcatum, r i n d e.
H a b i t a t a d C a p u t Bona? S p e i .
F l o r e t a mense M a r t h i n J u l i u m .
KEFERENTIA.
1. F o l i u m auctum.
2 . F l o s.
3. C a l y x.
4. A n t h e r r e e t P i s t i l l u m , a n l h e r a u n a l e n t e a u c t a.
5. G e r m e n et P i s t i l l u m , stigmate lente aucto.
0. G e r m e n lente a u c t u m.
7 . I n v o l u c r u m.
FLOWERS t e r m i n a l , i n c r o w d e d h e a d s : blossom
pitcher-shaped and flesh-coloured : the leaflets o f
the empalement arc large, egg-shaped, pointed,
coloured, a n d u p r i g h t.
SEED-bud turban-shaped, f u r r o w e d , and green.
N a t i v e o f Hie C a p e o f G o o d H o p e.
F l o w e r s f r om M a y till J u l y .
REFERENCE.
I. A leaf magnified.
3. A F l o w e r .
3. T h e E m p a l e m e n t .
4. Chives a n d P o i n t a l , o n e t ip magnified.
5. Seed-bud a n d P o i n t a l , summit magnified.
6. Seed-bud magnified.
7 . T h e I n v o l u c r u m .
THIS n e w species o f E r i c a w a s raised at the N u r s e r y o f M r . R o l l i n s o n , in the summer o f 1 8 1 2 , from
seed b r o u g h t f r om the C a p e o f G o o d H o p e b y M r . N i v e n . O u r figure represents the entire ( a n d we
believe u n i q u e ) plant o f six years g r o w t h . I t is a handsome l i t t le s h r u b , in its foliage resembling the
E . calgcina, h u t i n every other particular very different f r om a n y species we are y e t a c q u a i n t e d Willi