ERICA princeps 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Erica, antheris muticis inclusis, foliis quaternis 
ciliatis et aristatis, floribus terminalibus umbellatis. 
Heath, with beardless tips within the blossom, 
leaves in fours, ciliated and aristated, and terminal 
umbelled flowers. 
DESCRIPT 10 = 
DESCRIPTION. 
Caulis fruticosus subpedalis, ramosus, ramis 
erectis. 
Stem near a foot high, branched, with the 
branches erect. 
Folia quaterna, recurva, late linearia, ciliata et 
aristata, subtus sulcata. 
Leaves in fours, recurved, broad-linear, ciliated 
and aristated, and furrowed beneath. 
Flores speciosi, terminales, in umbellis nutanti- 
bus 6 — 10 -floris; pedunculi colorati, bracteis tri¬ 
bus instructi. 
Flowers showy, terminal, in nodding umbels 
of 6 to 10 flowers; peduncles coloured, with three 
floral leaves. 
Calyx tetraphyllus, foliolis lineari-lanceolatis, 
carinatis, ciliatisque. 
Empalement four-leaved, with the leaflets 
linear-lanced, keeled and ciliated. 
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Corolla ovato-clavata, inflata, laevigata, laete 
rubicunda, ore arctata, laciniis subrotundis revo- 
lutis. 
Blossom ovate-club-shaped, inflated, polished, 
and of a glowing red colour, narrowed at the mouth, 
with roundish segments rolled back. 
Stamina octo, capillaria ; antherae muticae, in- 
clusae. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads 5 tips beardless, 
within the blossom. 
Pistillum. Germen tiaraeforme, sulcatum; 
stylus paulo inclusus, filiformis ; stigma tetra- 
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed ; 
shaft just within the blossom, thread-shaped ; sum¬ 
gonum. 
mit four-cornered. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Floret a Maio ad Octobrem. 
Flowers from May to October. 
REFERENTIA, 
REFERENCE. 
1 . Folium lente auctum. 
1. A Leaf magnified. 
2 . Calyx lente auctus. 
2 . The Empalement magnified. 
3. Stamina et Pistillum, anthera unica diducta et 
lente aucta. 
3 . The Chives and Pointal, with one tip de¬ 
tached and magnified. 
4, Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, with the summit mag¬ 
nified. 
5 . Germen lente auctum. 
5. The Seed-bud magnified. 
