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Erica svuLpuurea. SuLPHUR-COLOURED 
Hearn. 
JHE SHee Hee: 
Class and Order. 
: Ocranpria Monoeynia. 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 4-phyllus. Cor. persistens: limbo quadrifido. An- 
_ there ante anthesin per foramina duo lateralia connexe. Caps. 
-4—8-locularis, 4—-8-valvis. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Sect. II. Lonerriors. C. Antheris muticis. — 
Erica sulphurea ; bracteis calyci proximis, corollis hirsutis 
solitariis, laciniis obtusis revolutis, antheris inclusis, 
foliis quaternis hirsutis. 
Erica sulphurea. Lodd. Catal. p. 15. 
This species is of late introduction from the Cape of Good- 
Hope, and is not found in the last edition of the Hortus 
Kewensis. Was sent to us by Messrs. Loppices and Sons in 
May 1816. = ; 
It should be placed between sordida and flammea, with 
both of which it agrees’ in many respects, but differs from 
_the former in having rarely more than one flower at the ex- 
tremity of each branch; in the corolla being less densely and 
more strongly haired ; lacinie shorter, more obtuse, and less — 
revolute ; in the anthers not being protruded beyond the tube 
of the corolla, as well as in colour: from the latter in its soli- 
tary flowers, much more hairy; in its wider, more obtuse 
and hairy calyxes and leaves; in the colour of the corolla 
being more intense at the limb and paler towards the base, 
which in flammea is more intense at the base and is lost in 
the limb. ‘ ae 
ed by cuttings, and requires a similar treatment 
to the other Cape species. 
