ERICA versicolor. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje muticae^ subinclusae. Corolla sub-cylin- 
dracea, medio paululum arctata^ ima parte aurantia, 
apice virescens. Folia terna, linearia, subulata, subtus 
sulcata, glabra, saturate viridia. Caulis fruticosus, bi¬ 
pedalis, erectus, attenuatus in apicem. Rami sub-sim- 
plices. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, just within the blossom, which is 
nearly cylindrical, a little narrowed at the middle, the 
lower part of a deep orange colour, and the mouth 
greenish. Leaves by threes, linear, awl-shaped, fur¬ 
rowed on the under surface, smooth, and of a deep 
green. Stem shrubby, two feet high, erect, tapering 
to the top. The branches nearly simple. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from October till April. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement magnified. 
2. The chives and pointal. 
■ 3. A chive magnified. 
4. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
