ERICA blanda. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Enrica, antheris exertis, basi bicornibus; floribus 
terminalibus, confertis, umbellatis; corollis sub- 
cylindricis, incarnatis ; foliis senis, obtusis, con- 
fertis, curvatis. 
DESCRIPTIO. — 
Cauuis fruticosus, spithameus, teres; rami 
numerosi, recurvato-adscendentes. 
Fora plerumque sena, linearia, obtusa, as- 
periuscula, basi recurvata, apice adscendentia, 
petiolis longis, adpressis. 
Frores numerosi, terminales, umbellati, hori- 
zontaliter ‘siti; pedunculi longi, colorati. 
-Caryx. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis 
subulatis, carinatis, adpressis. 
CoroLa sub-cylindrica, incarnata, leviter 
tomentosa, laciniis equalibus, erectis. 
~Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria; an- 
there exerte, basi bicornes. 
Pistittum. Germen tiareforme, sulcatum. 
Stylus exertus. Stigma emarginatum, concayum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bone Spei. 
Floret a mense Aprilis in Septembrem, 
REFERENTIA,: 
1. Calyx. 
2. Idem lente auctus. 
3. Stamina a Pistillo diducta ; anthera una 
lente aucta. 
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
5. Germen lente auctum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Hearn, with tips two-horned at their base, and — 
without the blossom ; flowers terminal in crowded 
bunches ; blossom nearly cylindrical, and flesh= 
coloured ; leaves by sixes, obtuse, crowded, and 
curved. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Srem shrubby, a span high, round; branches 
numerous bending downwards, and ascending. 
Leaves mostly by sixes, linear, obtuse, and 
roughish, bent downwards at the base, with as- 
cending points ; footstalks long, and pressed to 
the blossom. 
FiLowers numerous, in terminal bunches, in 
a horizontal direction; footstalks long, and 
coloured. 
Empatement. Cup four-leayed ; leaflets awl- 
shaped, keeled, and pressed to the blossom. 
Buossom nearly cylindrical, flesh-coloured, 
slightly downy ; the segments of the border are 
equal, and upright. 
Cuives. Eight hair-like threads ; tips without 
the blossom, and two-horned at their base. 
Pornrat. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed. 
Shaft without. Summit bordered, and hollow. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from April till September. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement. 
2. The same magnified. 
3. The Chives detached from the Pointal, 
summit magnified. 
A. Seed-bud and Pointal magnified. 
5. Seed-bud magnified. 
