ERICA formosa, bicolor 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, sub-inclusis: floribus 
sub apices ramorum verticillatis: corollis clava- 
tis, bicoloratis : foliis sparsis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis sesquipedalis vel bipedalis, erectus: 
rami pauci. 
Folia subsena, linearia, obtusa, patentia, pa- 
rum curvata: petiolis longis. 
Flores sub apices ramorum verticillati, axil- 
lares, et borizontales : pedunculis brevibus brac- 
teis tribus instructis : corolla clavata, longa, pa- 
rum curvata, ad basin rubra, ad apicem flava: 
calycis foliolis subovatis, adpressis. 
Germen tiarffiforme, sulcatum, ad basin nec- 
tariis melliferis instructum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bon® Spei. 
Floret a mense Julii in Octobrem. 
REPERENTIA. 
1. Calyx. . 
2. Stamen unum, cum anthera lente aucta. 
3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
4. Flos varietatis trivialis. 
5. Flos varietatis obscure colorat®. 
6. Flos varietatis sordide colorat®. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with beardless tips, just within the blos¬ 
som : flowers grow in whorls near the ends of 
the branches: blossom club-shaped, and two- 
coloured : leaves scattered. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem a foot and a half or two feet high, up¬ 
right : branches few. 
Leaves nearly by sixes, linear, blunt, spread¬ 
ing, and slightly curved: footstalks long. 
Flowers grow near the ends of the branches 
in whorls, from the axill® of the leaves, in a 
horizontal direction: peduncles short, and fur¬ 
nished with three floral leaves : blossom xdub- 
shaped, long, and slightly curved, red at the base, 
and yellow at the end: the leaflets of the cup 
are nearly ovate, and pressed to the blossom. 
Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, and fur¬ 
nished at the base with honey-bearing nectaries. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from the month of July till October. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement. 
2. A Chive with a tip magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and Fointal, summit magnified, 
4. Flower of a slight variety. 
5. Flower of a dull-coloured variety. 
6. Flower of a dirty-coloured variety. 
The versatility that pervades this genus is particularly prominent in this species, which appears allied 
to the E. formosa, grandiflora, exsurgens, pinea, and also resembles in its general appearance many 
of that beautiful section of the Erica family well known by the specific appellation of vestita. Our 
figure was drawn, in the summer of 1807, from plants in the nursery of Mr. Rollinson. The 
flowers given with the dissections are mere florescent variations, no distinction being observable in 
the plants when out of bloom : we have therefore deemed it sufficient to represent only a flower of 
each of them. 
