ERICA infundibuliformis 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Erica antheris superne bicornibus, inclusis: 
floribus terminalibus, quaternis: longis tenuis 
foliis ternis: caulis gracilis. 
Heath with tips two-horned on the upper 
part, within the blossom: flowers terminal, 
grow by fours, long and slender: leaves by 
threes: stem slender. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
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Caulis fruticosus, debilis, pedalis et ultra: 
rami et ramuli filiformes virgati. 
Folia terna, linearia, obtusa, glabra, erecto, 
patentia. 
Flores ad apices ramulorum quaterni, pe- 
dunculis brevissimis, bracteis: tribus subulatis 
instructis: corollis tubulosis longis tenuis ru- 
bris: oris laciniis equalis patentes superne albis. 
Germen tiar*forme, sulcatum, ad basin nec- 
tariis melliferis instructum. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem shrubby, weak, a foot or more high : 
the small and large branches are thread-shaped, 
and twiggy. 
Leaves by threes, linear, blunt, smooth, 
erect, and spreading. 
' Flowers grows by fours at the ends of the 
small branches: footstalks very short, and fur¬ 
nished with three awl-shaped floral leaves: 
blossoms tubular, long, slender, and of a red 
colour: segments of the border spreading, equal 
and white on the upper surface. 
Seed-bud turban shaped, and furrowed, with 
honey bearing nectaries at the base. 
Habitat ad Caput Bon* Spei. 
Floret a mense Augusti in Novembrem. 
referentia. 
1. Calyx. 
2. Stamina et Pistillum, anthera una lente 
aucta. 
3. Germen et Pistillum stigmate lente aucto. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from August till November. 
reference. 
1. The Empalement. 
2. Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 
This fine species of Erica was raised from seed brought from the Cape of Good Hope by Mr. 
Niven: it bears a considerable resemblance to the E. tenuiflora, but differs in the specific character 
of its anther* from all those we have hitherto figured: for when they are bearded, crested, or two¬ 
horned, those appendages have invariably been at the base, but in this one instance, they are almost 
at the top of the anthers, instead of the bottom. 
It is a plant that flowers freely, and during the autumnal months makes a most elegant appear¬ 
ance. 
