ERICA Hibbertia. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, sub-inclusis; corollis 
bi-coloratis, viscosis, sub-cylindricis, curvatis, 
speciosissimis ; foliis senis, confertis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Cavtis fruticosus, erectus, pedalis, robustus ; 
ramis patentibus. 
Fouia sena, obtusa, crassa, conferta, supra 
plana, subtus sulcata. 
Fores sub-terminales, plures, in verticillis 
simplicibus. Pedunculi longi, colorati ; bracteis 
tribus viridibus. 
Caryx tetraphyllus; foliolis ovatis, crassis, 
adpressis. 
Coroxza sub-cylindracea, curvata, tenuissime 
sulcata, micans, viscosa, saturate et lete rubra, 
sed apicem versus viridis, laciniis superne paten- 
tibus. : 
Sramina octo, capillaria; antheris muticis 
sub-inclusis. 
Pistittum. Germen tiareforme, sulcatum, 
Stylus filiformis, exertus. Stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonz Spei. 
Floret a mense Julii ad Septembrem. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Calyx lente auctus. 
2. Stamina diducta, anthera unica et stigmate 
lente auctis. 
3.-Germen lente auctum. 
4, Corolla varietatis minoris. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Hears, with beardless tips just within the blos- 
soms; blossom two-coloured, viscous, nearly 
cylindrical, curved, and very handsome ; leaves 
by sixes, and crowded. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Srem shrubby, upright, a foot high, stout ; 
the larger branches are spreading. 
LeAves in sixes, obtuse, thick and crowded, 
smooth on their upper and furrowed on their 
under surface. 
Fiowers are numerous, in single whorls, near 
The foot-stalks 
are long, coloured, and furnished with three 
the summits of the branches. 
green floral leaycs. 
Empatement four-leaved ; leaflets egg-shaped, 
thick, and pressed to the blossom. 
Brossom nearly cylindrical, curved, slightly 
furrowed, shining and viscous, of a deep bright 
red, but towards the apex green, with the upper 
part of the segments spreading. 
Curves eight, capillary; tips beardless, and 
just within the blossom. 
Porta. Seed-bud turban-shaped and fur- 
rowed. Shaft thread-shaped, and without the 
blossom. Summit four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from the month of July till September. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement magnified. 
2. The Chives detached, one tip and the sum- 
mit magnified. 
3. The Seed-bud magnified. 
4. A Blossom of a smaller variety. 
