ERICA Sebana spicatct . 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, exertis, longissimis. Co¬ 
rolla clavata, incurvata, sulcata, saturate coccinea. 
Flores terni, terminales, conferti, formantes spicam 
longam. Caulis simplex, elongatus. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis erectus, bipedalis. Rami pauci, ramulis 
brevissimis tecti, conferti. 
Folia terna, linearia, arcuata, conferta, sub-tri- 
gona, reflexa, apice acuta, brevissime petiolata. 
Flores terni, in apice ramulorum penduli; pe- 
dunculis brevissimis. 
Calyx. Perianthium duplex; exterius triphyl- 
lum, ovatum, membranaceum, adpressum, imbri- 
catum; interius tetraphyllum, foliolis majoribus. 
Corolla clavata, incurvata, saturate coccinea, 
sulcata; laciniis limbi obtusis, incurvis. 
Stamina. Filamenta octo, linearia; antherse mu- 
ticae, exerta;, penicillatEE, longissimse, lineares, atte¬ 
nuate in filamenta. 
Pistillum. Germen tiareforme, sulcatum, 
basi glandulis melliferis instructum. Stylus filifor- 
mis, staminibus paulo brevior. Stigma obsolete te- 
tragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bone Spei. 
Floret a mense Septembri ad Decembrem. 
RE PE RE NT I A. 
1. Calyx et Corolla. 
2. Calyx lente auctus. 
3. Stamina et Pistillum, anthera una lente aucta. 
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
5. Germen lente auctum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with beardless tips, without the blossom, 
and very long. Blossom club-shaped, and turned 
inwards, furrowed, and of a deep scarlet-colour. 
Flowers grow mostly by threes, terminating the 
branches, crowded together, and forming a long 
spike. Stem simple, and lengthened out. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem upright, grows two feet high. Branches 
few, covered with short branches, and crowded 
together. 
Leaves by threes, linear, curved, and crowded, 
nearly three-sided, reflexed, sharp-pointed, with 
very small foot-stalks. 
Flowers grow by threes, at the ends of the 
small branches hanging down, with foot-stalks very 
short. 
Empalement. Cup double ; the outer three¬ 
leaved, egg-shaped, skinny, pressed to the inner 
ones, and tiled; the inner four-leaved, with larger 
leaflets. 
Blossom club-shaped, turned inwards, of a 
deep scarlet, and furrowed ; the segments of the 
mouth are blunt, and turned inwards. 
Chives. Eight linear flat threads ; tips beardless, 
without the blossom, pencilled, long, linear, and 
tapering into threads. 
Pointal. Seed-vessel turban-shaped, furrowed, 
and furnished at the base with honey-bearing 
glands. Shaft thread-shaped, a little shorter than 
the chives. Summit slightly four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from September till December. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement and Blossom. 
2. The Empalement magnified. 
3. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 
5 . The Seed-bud magnified. 
