ERICA Bandonia. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anther/e muticae, inclusae, stylo exserto. Flores termi¬ 
nant ramos in umbellis quinque ad decem, cum pedunculis 
longissimis rubris: corollis urceolatis : oris laciniis paten¬ 
tibus, aequalibus. Folia terna, trigona, subulata, supra 
plana, subtus carinata. Caulis pedalis, fruticosus. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, within the blossom, shaft without. 
Flowers terminate the branches in umbels of five to ten, 
with very long red footstalks. Blossoms pitcher-shaped: 
segments of the border spreading and equal. Leaves by 
threes, three-sided, and awl-shaped, flat on the upper 
surface, and keeled beneath. Stem a foot high, and 
shrubby. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from July till September. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement. 
2. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
