ERICA Andromedeflora. 
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CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Enrica, antheris cristatis, inclusis: floribus axil- 
laribus, sub-terminalibus, declinatis: corollis 
ovatis, magnis, incarnatis: foliis ternatis, subu- 
latis, acutis: caulis erectus: rami verticillati. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Cautis erectus, gracilis: ramis superioribus 
brevibus: inferioribus longioribus, verticillatis, 
Fort ternata, sub-trigona, subulata, arcuata, 
acuta, supra plana, subtus sulcata. 
Frores axillares, sub-terminales: ramis supe- 
rioribus brevissimis spice formam exhibentibus : 
ramis ad basin plante longis, verticillatis. 
Caryx. Perianthium tetraphyllum: foliolis 
lato-ovatis, acutis, coloratis, magnis, adpressis, 
Coro xa ovata, basi inflata, magna, et incar- 
nata: laciniis rectis, rotundatis, 
Stamina. Filamenta octo, plana; anthere 
cristate, incluse. 
Pistiztum. Germen conicum, sulcatum. 
Stylus filiformis, inclusus. Stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bone Spei. 
Floret a mense Martio in Junium. 
; REFERENTIA. 
“1. Calyx. 
2. Corolla. 
3. Eadem expansa, 
4. Stamina et Pistillum, 
5. Stamen unicum lente sicthia, 
6. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
7. Germen lente auctum, 
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SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Hearn, with crested tips within the blossom : 
flowers grow from the axilla of the leaves, 
nearly terminal, and bending downwards : blos- 
som egg-shaped, large and flesh-coloured : leaves 
by threes, awl-shaped, and pointed: stem up- 
right : branches whorled. ; 
DESCRIPTION. 
Srem upright, slender: the upper branches 
short: those below are longer, and grow in 
whorls. 
Leaves by threes, nearly three-sided, awl- 
shaped, bowed, and pointed, flat on their upper 
surface, and furrowed beneath. 
Frowers grow from the insertion of the leaves, 
nearly terminal. The branches on the upper 
part are very short, and bear the appearance of 
aspike. The branches on the lower part of the 
plant are long, and whorled. 
Empatement. Cup four-leayed; leaflets are 
broadly egg-shaped, pointed, coloured, large, 
and pressed to the blossom. 
Buossom egg-shaped, swelled at the base, 
large, and flesh-coloured: the. segments are 
straight out, and rounded, 
Curves. Eight threads, flat: tips crested, 
and within the blossom. 
Pornrat. Seed-bud conical, furrowed. Shaft 
thread-shaped, and within the blossom. Summit 
four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from March till June. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement. 
2. A Bisson: e 
3. The same spread open. 
4, The Chives and Pointal. 
5. A Chive magnified. 
6. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 
7. Seed-bud magnified. 
