I 
ERICA Shannonea. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
A NT HER/E basi bicornibus inclusis ; flores terminales 
in umbellis quinis vel octonis, cum pedunculis longis¬ 
simis rubris : corollis ampullaceis, pallide carneis, glu¬ 
tinosissimus ; folia terna, trigona, subulata? recta; 
caulis pedalis, erectus, fruticosus. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips two, horned at the base within the blossom; 
flowers, terminate; the branches in umbels of live to 
eight, with very long red footstalks ; blossom flask¬ 
shaped, of a pale flesh colour, and very glutinous; 
leaves by threes, three-sided, awl shaped and straight; 
stem a foot high, upright and shrubby. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from July till September. 
REFERENCES. 
1. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
2. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
