ERICA decora. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis: floribus axil- 
laribus, spicatis: corollis campanulatis, costatis, 
saturate carneis, dependentibus: foliis senis, ar- 
cuatis, obtusis: caule gracili. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Cavuis fruticosus, sesquipedalis, sub-erectus, 
gracilis: rami et ramuli verticillati, 
Foxta sena, linearia, obtusa, arcuata; petiolis 
longis adpressis. 
Frores spicati, laxi, in medio ramulorum, 
axillares, dependentes : pedunculi longi, colorati. 
Caryx. Perianthium tetraphyllum: foliolis 
lanceolatis, bracteis tribus calycibus adpressis. 
CoroLia campanulata, costata,; saturate car- 
nea: oris laciniis reflexis, 
Stamina. Filamenta octo linearia: atthere 
mutice, incluse. 
Pistiztum. Germen coroneforme, pubes- 
cens, album, ad basin nectariferum. Stylus sub- 
inclusus, filiformis. Stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bone Spei. 
Floret a mense Novembris in Januarium, . 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Calyx lente auctus. 
2. Corolla. 
3. Stamina lente aucta, 
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
5. Germen lente auctum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Hears, with beardless tips, within the blossom: 
the flowers grow from the footstalks of the leaves 
in spikes: blossom bell-shaped, ribbed, of a deep 
flesh colour, and hanging down: leaves by 
sixes; bowed, and blunt-ended : stem slender. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Srem shrubby, a foot and a half high, nearly 
upright, and slender: the large and small 
branches grow in whorls. 
Leaves by sixes, linear, blunt, and bowed, 
with long footstalks pressed to the stem. 
FLowers grow in lsooe spikes about the middle 
of the branches from the footstalks of the leaves, 
and hang down: footstalks long, and coloured. 
Empatement. Cup four-leaved : leaflets lance- 
‘shaped, with three floral leaves pressed to the 
cup. 
Brossom bell-shaped, ribbed, and of a deep 
flesh colour: the segments of the border are 
bent back. 
Cuives. Eight linear threads; tips beardless, 
and within the blossom. 
Pointat. Seed-bud crown-shaped, downy, 
and white, with honey-cups at the base. Shaft 
just within the blossom, and thread-shaped. 
Summit four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from November till January. 
REFERENCE. 
1, The Empalement magnified. 
2. A Blossom. 
3. The Chives magnified. 
A. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 
5. Seed-bud magnified. 
