ERICA densa. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Enrica, antheris basi bicornibus, inclusis: flori- 
bus numerosis e foliis porrigentibus : corollis 
cylindraceis, lucidis: caule erecto, pyramidato. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Cauuts fruticosus, sub-bipedalis, erectus, basi 
ramosus, dein spicam simplicem vel sepé tripli- 
cem pyramidatam formans, ramulis brevibus 
vestitam. 
Fora quaterna et quina, linearia, glabra, 
acuta: petiolis brevibus. 
Frores plures, é foliis horizontaliter emer- 
gentes: pedunculis brevissimis, bracteis tribus 
instructis. 
Catyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum: foliolis 
lato-lanceolatis, serrulatis: corollis adpressis. 
Corotza cylindrica, oblonga, et lucida, pal- 
lidé purpurea, vel luteola: limbo rosaceo. 
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria: an- 
theris basi bicornibus, inclusis, 
Pistittum. Germen_ tiareforme, sulcatum, 
ad basin nectariferum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma 
tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bone Spei. 
Floret a mense Julii in Octobrem. 
REFERENTIA. 
1, Calyx. 
2. Corolla. 
3. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, antherf und 
lente aucta. 
A. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Hearn, with tips two-horned at the base, and 
within the blossom: flowers numerous, standing 
straight out from amongst the leaves: blossom 
cylindrical and shining: stem upright, and py- 
ramidal, 
DESCRIPTION, 
Srem shrubby, near two feet high, upright, 
branching out at the base, then forming a single 
or often a triple pyramidal spike covered by 
short branches. 
Leaves by fours or fives, linear, smooth, and 
pointed, with short footstalks. 
FLowers many, emerging from the leaves in 
a horizontal direction ; footstalks very short, and 
furnished with three floral leaves. 
Empatement. Cup four-leayed; leaflets 
broadly lance-shaped, finely sawed, and pressed 
to the blossom. 
Brossom cylindrical, of an oblong form, and 
shining, of a pale purple or yellowish colour: 
border rose-coloured. 
Cuives, Eight hair-like threads: tips two- 
horned at the base, and within the blossom. 
Pointat. Seed-bud turban-shaped, and fur- 
rowed, with honey-cups at the base. Shaft 
thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered, 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from July till October. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement. 
1, A Blossom. 
3. The Chives and Pointal detached from the 
Pointal, one tip magnified. 
4, Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified, 
