ERICA praegnans. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers basi bicornes, inclusae. Flores terminales, 
numerosi, erecti, fasciculati. Pedunculi purpurei, basi 
bracteis binis parvis oppositis instructi. Corolla magna/ 
inflata, ovata, apice arctata, albens, glabra, nitida: 
limbo aequali, patente, carneo, in centro saturate rubro. 
Folia quaterna, linearia, acuta, basi recurvata, apice ad- 
scendentia, ciliata, nitida. Caulis fruticosus, sesquipe¬ 
dalis, teres, dumosus. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips two-horned at their base, and within the blos¬ 
som. Flowers terminal, numerous, upright, a.:d in large 
bunches. The footstalks are purple, and furnished with 
two small opposite floral leaves at their base. Blossom 
large, of an inflated ovate form, and narrowed towards 
the end, whitish, smooth, and shining : segments of the 
border equal, spreading, flesh-coloured, and of a deep 
red in the centre. Leaves by fours, linear, sharp-pointed, 
with a recurved base and an ascending point, ciliated, 
and shining. Stem shrubby, a foot and a half high, 
round, and bushy. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from April till August. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement. 
2. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
