ERICA elegans. 
DESCRIPTIO, 
Anthers cristatae, inclusae. Flores capitati, termi¬ 
nales, cernui. Pedunculi colorati, bracteis tribus instructi 
etiam coloratis. Corolla deorsum ventricosa, superne 
arctata, basi carnea, ore viridi. Folia terna, trigona, 
linearia, glauca, parum incurvata, et patentes. Caulis 
robustus, fruticosus, pedalis, ramosus; ramulis patulis. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers headed, 
terminal, and nodding. Peduncles coloured, and fur¬ 
nished with three floral leaves also coloured. Blossom 
bellied below, contracted above, flesh-coloured at the 
base, with a green mouth. Leaves by threes, three- 
sided, linear, of a sea green colour, a little incurved, and 
spreading. Stem stout, shrubby, a foot high, branching $ 
'the branches spreading. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from November till February. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement and floral leaves. 
2. A blossom. 
8. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
5 . A branch with the involucrum of the flowers. 
