teis parvis remotis, sepalis lanceolatis sublinearibusve 

 acutis, corollae costatae tubo oblongo inflato apice in 

 collum brevem laeviter attenuato, limbi laciniis ovatis. 

 Benth. 



Erica Shannoniana. Andr. Heath, t. 239. Benth. in De 

 Cand. Prodr. 7. p. 644. Spr. Syst. Veg. v. 2. p. 185. 



Erica Shannoni. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 168. 



Euryloma Shannoniana. G. Don, Diet. Gard. and Bot. v. 

 3. p. 816. 



One of the most beautiful of the South African Heaths, 

 said to have been found by Masson in mountains at Klein- 

 rivier, district of Swellendam, and to have been introduced 

 to our gardens in 1826. Mr. Bentham observes that hybrid 

 garden forms connect this with E. jasminiflora, and E. 

 Irbyana (Bot. Mag. t. 4016). It was sent to us by J. T. 

 Mackay, Esq,, from his well-cultivated collection in the 

 College Botanic Garden, Dublin. 



Descr. A shrub, with slender, flexuose, densely leafy 

 branches. Leaves in threes, erecto-patent, linear, on a very 

 short, dilated petiole, plane or slightly grooved above, be- 

 neath carinate, with a sculptured line on the keel, the apex 

 having a long awn, the margins ciliated. Flowers in um- 

 bels ; the peduncles short, with a few leafy bracteas. Calyx 

 of five linear-lanceolate, erect, appressed sepals, tipped with 

 red. Corolla glutinous, white, often tinged with red, 

 greenish below the limb ; tube inflated below, tapering 

 into a narrow neck; limb of four ovate, spreading seg- 

 ments. Stamens eight ; filaments geniculated; anthers large, 

 ovato-oblong, curved, opening with long, lateral apertures, 

 more than half as long as the cells. Germen oblong, con- 

 tracted at the base. Style filiform, included. Stigma ca- 

 pitate. 



Fig. 1. Leaf. 2. Stamen. 3. Pistil: — magnified. 



