ERICA Sebana, nana. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Enrica, antheris muticis, exsertis, longissimis ; 
corolla clavata, incurvata, saturate aurantia ; flo- 
ribus terminalibus ; calyx duplex ; foliis ternis, 
confertis; caulis brevis, fruticosus. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Cavuis erectus, robustus, humilis, ramosissi- 
mus ; ramuli yerticillati. 
Fota terna, linearia, arcuata, conferta, sub- 
trigona, glabra, apice acuta. 
Frores duo in apice ramulorum, depen- 
dentes; pedunculi breves, nudi. 
Caryx. Perianthium duplex; exierius tri- 
phyllum ; foliolis ovatis, membranaceis, imbri- 
catis, adpressis; interius tetraphyllum, foliolis 
majoribus. 
Corot clayata, incurvata, rugosa, saturate 
aurantia ; laciniis limbi erectis, incurvatis. 
Sramina. Filamenta octo linearia, plana; 
anthere mutice, exserte, longissime, in fila- 
menta attenuate. 
Pisrittum. Germen tiareforme. Stylus fili- 
formis, staminibus paulo longior. Stigma tetra- 
gonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bone Spei. 
Floret a mense Julii in Januarium. 
REFERENTIA. 
- 
Calyx lente auctus. 
Ns 
Corolla. 
‘Stamina et Pistillum. 
os 
We 
Stamina a Pistillo diducta. 
= 
Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
= 
Germen lente auctum. | 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Hearu, with beardless tips without the blossom, 
and very long; blossom club-shaped, turned 
inwards, and of a deep orange colour ; flowers 
terminate the branches; cup double; leaves by 
threes, and crowded ; stem short and shrubby. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Srem upright, sturdy, low, and very branch- 
_ ing; the smaller branches are whorled. 
Lzaves by threes, linear, bowed, and crowded 
together ; nearly three-sided, smooth, and sharp- 
pointed. 
Fiowers grow by twos at the ends of the 
small branches, hanging down; the footstalks 
are short and naked. 
Empatement. Cup double; the outer one is 
three-leaved ; the leaflets egg-shaped and skinny, 
tiled, and pressed to the cup; the inner one is 
four-leaved, with larger leaflets. 
Brossom club-shaped, turned inwards, wrin- 
kled, and of a deep orange colour ; the segments 
of the border are upright, and turned inwards. 
Curves. Eight linear, flat threads ; tips beard- 
less, without the blossom, very long, and tapered 
into threads. 
Porntat. Seed-bud turban-shaped. Shaft 
thread-shaped, a little longer than the chives. 
Summit four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from the month of July till January. 
REFERENCE. 
—_ 
The Empalement magnified. 
ae 
A Blossom. 
co 
. The Chives and Pointal. 
a 
. The Chives detached from the Pointal. 
5. The Seed-bud and Pointal, summit mag- 
nified. 
6. Seed-bud magnified, 
