ERICA calycina, major . 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers cristatse, inclusas. Flores in ultimis ramulis 
terminales, umbellati. Pedunculi carnei. Perianthium 
tetraphyllum 5 foliolis spathulatis, acuminatis, carneis, 
ad basin virescentibus, corolla longioribus. Corolla ur- 
ceolata, saturate carnea, ad basin pallida; oris laciniis 
patentibus, acuminatis. Folia terna, lanceolata, trigona, 
acuminata, adpre.ssa. Caulis virgatus, pedalis. Rami 
et ramuli flexuosissimi. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips crested, and within the blossom. Flowers ter¬ 
minate the smaller branches in umbels. Footstalks flesh- 
coloured. Cup four-leaved. Leaflets spathula-shaped, 
sharp-pointed, flesh-coloured, greenish at the base, and 
longer than the flower. Blossom pitcher-shaped, of a 
deep flesh-colour, pale at the base: segments of the 
border spreading, and sharp-pointed. Leaves by threes, 
lance-shaped, three-sided, sharp-pointed, and pressed 
to the branches. Stem twiggy, a foot high. The small 
and large branches are very flexuose. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from J une till September. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement. 
2. A blossom. 
3. A chive magnified. 
4. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
5. Seed-bud magnified. 
