ERICA verficolor. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, fubinclufis; ftylo ex- 
ferto; corollis fubcylindraceis, coftatis, varie co- 
loratis; foliis ternis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis fruticofus, bipedalis, erectus, attenua- 
tusinapicem; ramis fimplicibus. 
Folia terna, linearia, fubulata, fupra plana, 
fubtus fulcata, glabra, faturate viridia; petiolis 
breviflimis, adpreflis. 
Flores plures, fubcernui, tres quatuorve ra- 
muli terminantes prope caulis fummitatem; pe- 
dunculi brevifiimi. 
Calyx. Perianthium duplex, interim tetra- 
phyllum, foliolis aurantiis, apice fulcatis,.adpref¬ 
fis; exterius triphyllum, priori brevior, apice 
virefcens. 
Corolla fubcylindracea, medio paulula arc- 
tata, coftata, ima parte aurantia, apice virefcens; 
laciniis reflexis. 
Stamina. Filamenta o£to, ima parte fpathu- 
lata, fumma linearia, receptaculo inferta. An- 
therse muticas, fubinclufae. 
Pistillum. Germen orbiculatum, fulcatum. 
Stylus filiformis, exfertus. Stigma tetragonum, 
virefcens. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Floret a menfe Odtobris, in Aprilem. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Calyx, et Corolla. 
2. Calyx lente audtus. 
3. Stamina et Piftillum. 
4. Stamina a Piftillo didudla; et ftamen unum 
lente audtum. 
5. Stylus, et Stigma, lente au<5ta. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath with beardlefs tips, juft within the blol- 
fom, the pointal without; the bloftoms are nearly 
cylindrical, ribbed, and varioufly coloured; leaves 
grow by threes. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem fhrubby, grows two feet high, eredt, ta¬ 
pering to the top; the branches are nearly fimple. 
Leaves grow by threes, linear, awl-fhaped, 
flat on the upper, and furrowed on the under 
furface, fmooth, and of a deep green; with very 
fhort foot-ftalks prefled to the branches. 
The Flowers are numerous, bending a little 
downward, terminating the fmall branches by 
threes or fours, near the top of the ftem; the 
foot-ftalks being very fhort. 
Empalement. The Cup is double, the inner 
is four-leaved, which are orange-coloured, fur¬ 
rowed at the point, and prefled to the bloflom; 
the outer is three-leaved, fhorter than the inner, 
and greenifh at the point. 
The Blossom is nearly cylindrical, a little nar- 
lowed at the middle, ribbed, the lower part orange 
colour, the mouth greenifh, whofe fegments are 
reflexed. 
Chives. Eight threads, whole lower parts are 
fpatula-fhaped, and upper linear, fixed into the 
receptacle. Tips beardlefs, and almoft within the 
bloflom. 
Pointal. Seed-veflel globe-fhaped, and fur¬ 
rowed. Shaft thread-fhaped, and without the 
bloflom. Summit four-cornered and greenifh. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from October, till April. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement, and Bloflom. 
2. The Empalement magnified. 
3. The Chives and Pointal. 
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one 
tip with its thread, magnified. 
5. The Shaft, and its Summit, magnified. 
