ERICA bicolor. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Erica, antheris muticis inclusis, floribus tubulosis 
terminalibus patulisque in ramulis lateralibus, foliis 
pubescentibus ternatis. 
Heath, with beardless tips within the blossom, 
tubular rather spreading flowers terminating the la¬ 
teral branches, and downy leaves in threes. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
DESCRI PT10 N. 
Caulis bipedalis, flexuoso-erectus, ramis paucio- 
ribus, ramulis numerosis erectis pubescentibus. 
Stem two feet high, flexuose-erect, with few 
large branches, and numerous erect dowmy small 
ones. 
Folia ternata, obtuse-subulata, paululum incur- 
vata, villosa, subtus -sulcata. 
Leaves in threes, obtusely awl-shaped, a little 
incurved, villose, and furrowed beneath. 
Fi.ores tubulosi, terminales in ramulis latera¬ 
libus, in fasciculis trifloris, sub-patulis. 
Flowers tubular, terminal on the little branches, 
in three-flowered bunches, which spread a little. 
Calyx duplex, dense ciliatus, coloratus, exte¬ 
rior 3-phyllus, foliolis subulatis, adpressis, interior 
tetraphyllus, longior. 
Fmpalement double, densely ciliated, coloured, 
outer three-leaved, with the leaflets awl-shaped and 
pressed to the inner, which is four-leaved and 
longer. 
Corolla uncialis, inferne rubro-purpurea, su- 
perne viridis, laciniis mini me .recurvatis. 
Blossom an inch long, the lower part red-purple, 
the upper green, with the segments very slightly 
bent back. 
Filamenta octo capillaria; antherm muticas, 
inclusae, subfuscse. 
Chives eight hair-like threads, tips beardless, 
within the blossom, brownish. 
Pistillum. Germen tiarseforme; stylus filifor- 
mis, apice hamatus, corolla longior j stigma tetra- 
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped5 shaft thread¬ 
shaped, hooked at the point, longer than the blos¬ 
gonum. 
som ; summit four-cornered. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Native of the Cape of Good Flope. 
Floret a mense Februarii ad Aprilem. 
Flowers from February till April. 
REFERENTIA. 
REFERENCE. 
1. Inferior pars Folii lente aucta. 
1. The under-side of a Leaf magnified. 
2. Calyx cum Corolla. 
2. The Calyx with the Corolla. 
3. Calyx lente auctus. 
3. The Calyx magnified. 
4. Stamina et Pistillum, anther^ unica lente 
aucta. 
4. The Stamina and Style, with one tip magnified. 
5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
5 . The Seed-bud and Pointal, with the summit 
magnified. 
6. Germen lente auctum. 
6. The Seed-bud magnified. 
