ERICA calycina. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje cristatas, inclusas. Flores plures, in ultimis 
ramulis terminales, umbellati. Calyx tetraphyllus, fo¬ 
liolis lato-ovatis, carneis, corolla longiora, pedunculis 
longissimis. Corolla minuta, urceoliforniis, apice di¬ 
lute carnea, ad basin virescens j oris laciniis reflexis, 
saturate carneis. Folia terna, lanceolata, supra concava, 
adpressa, glabra. Caulis filiformis, spithameus, erectus. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers numerous, 
terminating the small branches in bunches. Cup 
four-leaved, of a broad oval form, flesh-coloured, and 
longer than the blossom. The foot-stalks very long. 
Blossom small, of a pitcher-shape, light flesh-colour at 
the end, and greenish at the base. The segments of 
the mouth are bent back, and deep flesh-coloured. 
Leaves by threes, lance-shaped, concave on the upper 
surface, pressed to the stem, and smooth. Stem thread¬ 
shaped, half a foot high, and upright. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from August till December. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement and floral leaves. 
2. The blossom. 
3. The chives detached from the pointal, one tip magnifled. 
•1. The seed-bud and pointaf summit magnified 
