ERI CA Savileia. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS: 
Enrica, antheris basi bicornibus, inclusis: flori- 
bus solitariis, axillaribus, urceolatis, purpureis : 
pedunculis longissimis: foliis quaternis: ramus 
numerosis: caulis humilis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Frurex pygmeus, elegans, ramosissimus : ra- 
mis et ramulis flexuosis, erecto-patentibus. 
For1a quaterna, linearia, glabra, supra plana, 
subtus sulcata. 
Frores numerosi, simplices, axillares, in me- 
_dio ramulorum, et sepe terminales: pedunculis 
longissimis, coloratis, ad basin bracteis tribus 
instructis. 
Caryx. Perianthium tetraphyllum: foliolis 
- ovato-acuminatis, serrulatis. 
Corox1a urceolata, lete purpurea, glabra, lu- 
cida: laciniis equalibus, rotundis, patentibus, 
sub-reflexis. 
Sramina. Filamenta octo capillaria: anthere 
basi bicornes,’ incluse. 
Pistittum. Germen tiareforme, longum, sul- 
catum. Stylus filiformis, sub-inclusus, Stigma 
tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bone Spei. 
Floret a mense Aprili in Septembrem. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Inferior pars Folii lente aucta. 
2. Calyx lente auctus. 
3. Corolla. 
4. Flos varietatis pallide. 
5. Stamina et Pistillum, antherA unici lente 
aucta. 
6. Pistillum et Germen, stigmate lente aucto, 
7. Germen lente auctum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Hearn, with tips two-horned at the base, and 
within the blossom: flowers grow singly from 
the axille of the leaves, pitcher-shaped, of a 
purple colour, and with very long footstalks : 
leaves by fours: branches numefous: stem low. 
DESCRIPTION: 
An elegant dwarf shrub very branching: the 
small and large branches are flexuose, and be- 
* tween erect and spreading. 
Leaves by fours, linear, smooth, flat on their 
upper surface, and furrowed beneath. 
'Fiowers are numerous, and grow singly from 
the axille of the leaves about the middle of the 
smaller branches, and oftén terminate them: the 
footstalks are very long, coloured, and furnished 
at the base with three floral leaves. 
Empatement. Cup four-leaved : the leaflets 
are ovately pointed, and finely sawed. 
Btossom pitcher-shaped, of a bright purple 
colour, smooth, and shining: the segments of 
the border are equal, round, spreading, and 
nearly reflexed. 
Cuives. Eight hair-like threads, with tips 
two-horned at the base, and within the blossom. 
Pornrat. Seed-butl turban-shaped, long, and 
furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped, and just within 
the blossom. Summit four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from April till September. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The under side of a Leaf magnified, 
2. The Empalement magnified. 
3. A Blossom. 
4. Flower of a pale variety. 
5. Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified, 
6. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 
7. Seed-bud magnified, 
