ERICA bicolor. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje muticae, inclusae. Flores in ramulis termi¬ 
nales, in fasciculis trifloris. Corolla uncialis, inferne 
rubra, purpurea, superne viridis. Folia ternata, obtuse 
subulata, paululum incurvata, villosa. Caulis bipedalis, 
flexuoso-erectus, ramis paucioribus, ramulis numerosis 
erectis pubescentibus. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers termi¬ 
nate the small branches in three-flowered bunches. 
Blossom an inch long, the lower part red purple, the 
upper part green. Leaves in threes, obtusely awl- 
shaped, a little incurved, and covered with soft hairs. 
Stem two feet high, flexuosely upright, with few large 
branches, and numerous erect downy small ones. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from February till April. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement magnified. 
2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
S. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
4. Seed-bud magnified. 
