ERICA 
canaliculata. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Enrica, antheris muticis, sub-exertis, nigris ; flo- 
ribus terminalibus, ternis, pallide purpureis, cer- 
nuis; caule erecto; foliis ternis, erectis, cana~- 
liculatis, 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Cavuts fruticosus, erectus, ferrugineus; rami 
et ramuli verticillati, numerosi. 
Fox1a terna, erecta, obtusa, supra plana, sub- 
tus canaliculata, 
Frores in ultimis ramulis terminales, plerum- 
que terni, nutantes; pedunculi longi, colorati, 
bracteis tribus ad pressis. 
Catyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis 
ovatis, coloratis, adpressis. 
Corotzia campanulata, pallide purpurea ; oris 
laciniis ovatis, acutis. 
Stamina. Filamenia octo, capillaria; anthere 
mutice, sub-exerte. 
Pistittum. Germen tiareforme, sulcatum, ad 
basin nectariferum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma 
tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bone Spei. 
Floret a mense Martio in Maium. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Pagina inferior Folii lente aucta. 
2. Calyx lente auctus. 
3. Corolla. 
4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anthera und 
lente aucta. 
5, Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
6. Germen lente auctum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Hearn, with beardless tips just without the blos- 
som; flowers terminal, by threes, of a pale pur- 
ple, nodding ; stem upright; leaves by threes, 
upright, and channelled, 
DESCRIPTION. 
Srem shrubby, upright, and rusty ; the larger 
and smaller branches are whorled, and nume- 
rous. 
Leaves by threes, upright, blunt, flat on the 
upper surface, and channelled beneath, 
Fiowers terminate the ends of the smaller 
branches, mostly by threes, hanging down ; foot- 
stalks long, and coloured, with three floral leaves 
pressed to them. 
Empatement. Cup four-leaved; leaflets are 
ovate, coloured, and pressed to the blossom. 
Brossom bell-shaped, and of a pale purple; 
segments of the border are egg-shaped, and 
sharp-pointed. 
Cuives, . Kight hair-like threads; tips beard- 
less, and just without the blossom. 
Porntat. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, 
with honey-cups at their base. Shaft thread- 
shaped. Summit four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from the month of March till May. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The under side of a Leaf magnified. 
2. The Empalement magnified. | 
3. A Blossom. 
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one 
tip magnified. 
5. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 
6. Seed-bud magnified. 
