ERICA oppositifolia, rubra. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Enrica, antheris muticis, inclusis: floribus ur- 
ceolatis, rubris: foliis binis, adpressis : caule te- 
nui: ramis virgatis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Cavuis sub-pedalis, tenuis: rami virgati, 
numerosi. 
Foura binatim opposita, triquetra, nitida, 
adpressa, 
Fuores terminales, pleramque bini: pedun- 
culi breves, bracteis duabus coloratis. 
Caryx. Perianthium magnum: foliolis ovatis, 
acutis, rubris. 
Corotza urceolata, rubra, limbo quadrilobo, 
acuto, sub-reflexo. 
Sramina octo capillaria : anthere mutice, in- 
cluse. 
PistiniuM. 
rubrum, ad basin nectariferum, 
Habitat ad Caput Bone Spei. 
‘. 
Floret a mense Maio in Augustum. 
REFERENTIA. 
\ 
1. Calyx et bractza. 
2. Corolla. 
S$. Stamina a Pistillo diducta anther’ und 
lente aucta, — b 
4, Pistillum stigmate diducto lenteque aucto, 
5, Germen auctum, 
6. Ramulus cum involucro florum. 
7. Flos et Folia varietatis parve. 
Germen tiareforme, sulcatum, | 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Hears, with beardless tips within the blossom : 
flowers pitcher-shaped and red: leaves by twos, 
pressed to the branches: stem slender: branches 
twiggy- 
DESCRIPTION. 
Srem near a foot high, and slender: branches 
twiggy, and numerous. 
Leaves by twos, opposite, three-sided, shin- 
ing, and pressed to the branches. 
Friowers terminal, mostly by twos: footstalks 
short, with two floral leaves coloured. 
Empatement. Cup large: leaflets ovate, 
pointed, and red. ~ 
Bossom pitcher-shaped and red, with a 
slightly reflexed and pointed four-lobed border. 
Cuives. Eight hair-like tips, beardless, and 
within the blossom. 
Pornrat. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, 
and red, with honey-cups at the base, 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from May till August. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement and floral Leaves. 
2. A Blossom, 
3. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one 
tip magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, with the summit de- 
tached and magnified. 
5. The Seed-bud magnified, 
6. A branch with the inyolucrum of the 
flowers. 
7. Flower and Leaf of a small variety, 
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