7 ERICA vernex. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris cristatis, inclusis: floribus ter- 
nis, bicoloribus, viscosis, cernuis, sub-globosis : 
foliis ternis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Cauuts erectus, sesquipedalis: ramulis ternis, 
verticillatis. 
Fouia ternata, sub-trigona, supra plana, sub- 
tus sulco exarata: petiolis longis, 
Frorzs laterales, plerumque ternati, cernui, 
speciosi: pedunculi colorati, bracteis tribus co- 
loratis instructi. 
Cauyx tetraphyllus: foliolis ovatis, coloratis, 
adpressis. 
Corot sub-globosa, elutinosissima, et lu- 
cida, colore aurco : laciniis oris erectis, saturate 
~ viridibus. 
Sramina. Filamenta octo capillaria. Antherez 
cristate, incluse. 
Pistirtum. Germen tiareforme, sulcatum. 
Stylus filiformis, sub-inclusus. Stigma teira- 
gonum. ; t 
Habitat ad Caput Bone Spei. 
Floret a mense Januarii in Maium. 
REFERENTIA, 
1, Inferior pars Folii lente aucta. 
2. Calyx. 
3. Stamina et Pistillum, lente aucta, 
4. Germen et Pistillum. 
5. Germen lente auctum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, 
Hearn, with crested tips within the blossom: 
flowers grow by threes, are two-coloured, 
clammy, nodding, and nearly round: leaves by 
threes. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Srem upright, a foot and a half high: the 
branches grow by threes in whorls, 
Leaves by threes, nearly three-sided, flat on 
their upper surface, and deeply furrowed be- 
neath: footstalks long. 
FLowers grow sideways mostly by threes, 
nodding and showy: footstalks coloured, and 
furnished with three coloured floral leaves. 
Empatemenr four-leaved: the leaflets are 
' ovate, coloured, and pressed to the blossom. 
Brossom nearly round, very glutinous, and 
shining, of a gold colour: the segments of the 
border are upright, and of a deep green co- 
lour. 
Curves eight hair-like threads. Tips crested, 
and within the blossom. 
Porntat., Seed-bud turban-shaped, and fur- 
rowed. Shaft thread-shaped, and just within 
the blossom. Summit four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from January till May. 
REFERENCE, 
1, The under side of a Leaf magnified. 
2. The Empalement. 
3. The Chives and Pointal magnified. 
A, Seed-bud and Pointal. 
5. Seed-bud magnified, 
