ERICA monadelphia< 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers muticae, exertae, longissimae, attenuatae in 
filamenta plana, compressa. Flores in ramulis, bini vel 
terni, terminales, cernui, in medio ramorum racemum 
formantes speciosissimum. Calyx duplex* coloratus; 
exterior triphyllus, foliolis late-ovatis, interior tetraphyl- 
lus, major. Corolla conica, sub-pollicaris, glabra, laete 
rubra $ oris laciniis adpressis. Folia terna, obtusa, sub- 
tomentosa. Caulis erectus, sesquipedalis. 
description. 
Tips beardless, without the blossom, very long, and 
tapering into filaments which are flat, and pressed to¬ 
gether. Flowers grow by twos and threes at the ends of 
the smaller branches, hanging down, forming a beauti¬ 
ful spike near the middle of the larger branches. Em- 
palement double, and coloured, the outer one is three¬ 
leaved ; the leaflets are broadly egg-shaped $ the inner 
one is four-leaved, and larger than the outer. Blos¬ 
som cone-shaped, near an inch long. Smooth, and of a 
bright red colour j segments of the border are pressed to 
the threads. Leaves by threes, obtuse, and rather 
downy. Stem upright, a foot and a half high. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from August till December. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement magnified. 
2. The chives and pointal. 
3. The same spread open, one tip magnified. 
4» The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
