ERICA speciosa* 
CHARACTER SPECIEICUS. 
Erica, antheris aristatis inclusis, foliis ternatis li- 
nearibus villosis, floribus lateralibus ternatis tubu- 
losis et viscosis. 
DESCRIPT IO. 
Caulis fruticosus bipedalis, erectus, ramosus, ra- 
mulis plerumque oppositis, erectis, et plus minus 
pubescentibus. 
Folia ternata, linearia, obtusa, subtus sulcata; 
juniora erecta, ' pubescentia; senioria expansa, vel 
recurva, et villosa; omnia petiolis brevibus adpres- 
sisque instructa. 
Flores 2—4-nati, sed plerumque ternati; cernui, 
terminales in ramulis lateralibus, pedunculis colo- 
ratis calyce longioribus. 
Calyx tetraphyllus, foliolis subulatis, ciliatis, 
bracteis tribus adpressis ad basin. 
Corolla cylindrica, uncialis, curvata, viscosa, 
lucida, saturate et lsete rubra, sed apicem versus vi- 
ridis, et quadrifida, laciniis superne patentibus. 
Stamina octo, capillaria; antherce cristatae, in- 
clusas. 
Pistillum. Germen tiarseforme, sulcatum, de- 
orsum paulo attenuatum, viride; stylus filiformis, 
uncinatus, inferne roseus, superne viridis; stigma 
itidem viride, atque obtuse tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonse Spei. 
Floret a mense Junio ad Septembrem. 
EEFERENTIA. 
1. Calyx cum pedunculo. 
2. Stamina diducta, anthera unica lente aucta. 
3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
4. Germen lente auctunu 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with bearded tips within the blossom, leaves 
in threes linear and villose, and lateral flowers in 
threes tubular and viscous. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem shrubby, two feet in height, erect, branched, 
with the branchlets chiefly opposite, erect, and more 
or less downy. 
Leaves in threes, linear, obtuse, furrowed be¬ 
neath ; the younger ones erect, pubescent; the older 
expanded, or recurved, and villose ; all of them fur¬ 
nished with short footstalks pressed to the branches. 
Flowers in twos to fours, but chiefly, in threes; 
bowing, terminating the lateral branches, with co¬ 
loured peduncles longer than the empalement. 
Empalement 4-leaved, with the leaflets awl- 
shaped, ciliated, and furnished at the base with three 
close-pressed floral leaves. 
Blossom cylindrical, an inch long, curved, vis¬ 
cous, shining, deep bright red, but towards the 
apex green, and quadrifid, with the upper parts of 
the segments spreading. 
Chives eight, capillary; tips crested, within the 
blossom. 
Pointal. Germen turban-shaped, furrowed, 
rather attenuated downwards, green; shaft thread¬ 
shaped, hooked, its lower part rosy, but towards 
the apex green ; summit likewise green, and bluntly 
four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from June until September. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement with its peduncle. 
2. The Chives detached, with one tip magnified. 
3. The Seed-bud and Pointal, with the summit 
magnified. ' 
4. The Seed-bud magnified. 
