ERICA elegans. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris cristatis inclusis, corollis termi- 
nalibus, capitatis, ventricosis, foliis ternatis trigonis 
glaucis, 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Cautis robustus, fruticosus, pedalis, ramosus, 
ramulis patulis, cortice fuscescente. 
Fo.ia ternata, trigona, linearia, glauca, parum 
incurvata, sub-erecta. 
Fores capitati, terminales, cernui; pedunculi 
colorati, bracteis tribus etiam coloratis instructi, 
et involucro polyphyllo; foliolis involucri ovatis, 
acutis, saturate roseis, apicibus viridibus. 
Catyx tetraphyllus, foliolis ovatis, acutis, con- 
cavis, saturate roseis. 
CoroLLa deorsum ventricosa, superne arctata, 
basi carnea, ore viridi, laciniis 4, semiovatis, ob- 
tusis. 
Stamina octo, capillaria; anthere cristata, 
inclusz. 
Pistittum. Germen tiareforme; stylus fili- 
formis, inclusus; stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonee Spei. 
Floret a mense Novembre ad Februarium. 
REFERENTIA. 
= 
. Calyx et bractex. 
2. Corolla. 
3. Stamina et Pistillum. 
4, Eadem expansa. ° 
§. Stamen lente auctum. ¢ 
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. Pistillum, stigmate diducto, lenteque aucto. 
7. Germen auctum. 
8. Ramulus cum inyolucro florum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Hearn, with crested tips within the blossom, 
blossoms terminal, headed, ventricose, leaves in threes 
three-sided and glaucous, 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem stout, shrubby, a foot high, branched, 
with the branches spreading, and a brownish bark. 
Leaves in threes, three-sided, linear, glaucous, 
a little incurved, and rather erect. 
Fiowers headed, terminal, cernuous; pedun- 
cles coloured, furnished with three floral leaves 
also coloured, and a many-leaved involucrum ; with 
its little leaves ovate, acute, deep rose-coloured, 
with green points, 
EmPALEMENT four-leaved, with the leaflets egg- 
shaped, acute, concave, and of a deep rose-colour. 
Brossom bellied below, contracted above, flesh- 
coloured at the base, with a green mouth, with 
four obtuse, half-ovate segments. 
Cuives eight, hair-like ; tips crested, within the 
blossom. 
PornTaL. Seed-bud turban-shaped ; shaft thread- 
shaped, within the blossom ; summit four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from November till February. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement and floral leaves. 
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. The Blossom. ) 
3. The Chives and Pointal. 
4, The same expanded. 
5. A Chive magnified. 
6. The Pointal, with the summit detached and 
magnified. 
7. The Germen magnified. 
8. A Branch with the involucrum of the flowers. 
