ERICA calycina, minor . 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers cristatae, inclusae. Flores terni, in ultimis 
ramulis terminales. Pedunculi carnei, bracteis tribus 
minutis coloratis instructi. Perianthium tetraphyllum j 
foliolis spathulatis, corolla longioribus. Corolla mi» 
nuta, urceolata, saturate carnea, ad basin pallida 5 oris 
laciniis patentibus. Folia terna, lanceolata, lucide 
viridia, adpressa. Caulis filiformis, spithamaeus, erecto» 
patens, ramosissimus. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers grow by 
threes, and terminate the smaller branches. The foot» 
stalks are flesh-coloured, and furnished with three small 
coloured floral leaves. Cup four-leaved. Leaflets spa» 
thula-shaped, and longer than the blossom. Blossom 
Very small, pitcher-shaped, of a deep flesh-colour, and 
pale at the base : the segments of the border spreading. 
Leaves by threes, lance-shaped, of a shining green, and 
pressed to the branches. Stem thread-shaped, a span 
high, erect, spreading, and very mnch branched. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from July till October. 
REFERENCE. 
]. The empalement magnified. 
2 . A blossom. 
S. The chives and pointal. 
4. A chive magnified. 
Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
