ERICA Andromedae flora 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje cristatae, inclusae. Flores axillares, sub-ter- 
minales, declinati, plerumque terni. Calyx magnus, 
lato-ovatus, carneus : corollis ovatis, magnis, incarna¬ 
tis. Folia ternata, subulata, incurvata, acuta, petiolis lon¬ 
gis adpressis. Caulis erectus, pedalis et ultra. Rami 
pauci. Ramuli verticillati, ternati. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips crested, and within the blossom. Flowers grow 
from the axillae of the leaves, are nearly terminal, and 
bend downwards, mostly in threes. The empalement 
is large, of a broad ovate form, and flesh-coloured* 
Blossom egg-shaped, large, and flesh-coloured. Leaves 
by threes, awl-shaped, incurved, sharp-pointed, with 
long footstalks pressed to the branches. Stem upright, a 
foot or more high. Large branches few. The smaller 
branches in whorls, by threes. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from March till May. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement. 
2. A blossom. 
3. The same spread open. 
4. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
<5. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified., 
