ERICA Coventrya 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica antheris mtiticis, inclusis: foliis qua- 
ternis, confertis: floribus sessilibus, fascieulatis 
terminalibus : frutex pygmaeus. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis humilis, fruticosus: ramuli numerosi 
adapice ramis conferti. 
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Folia plerumque, quarterna, linearia,, supra 
plana subtus sulcata. 
Flores sessiles, fascisculatis terminales: co- 
rollis ventricosus, rubris, lacinis corclatis, ex- 
pansio, albis, subtus Iaste rubris. 
Germen tiarseforme, sulcatum, ad basin nec- 
tariis meliferis instructum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonse Spei. 
Floret a mense Julii in Septembrem. 
referentia. 
1. Calyx. 
2. Corolla. 
3. Stamina et Pistullum. 
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath with beardless tips within the blos¬ 
som : leaves by fours, crowded : flowers sessile, 
terminating the branches in bunches : a dwarf 
shrub. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem low, shrubby: smaller branches are nu¬ 
merous and crowded together at the end of the 
larger branches. 
Leaves mostly grow by fours, linear, flat 
on their upper surface, and furrowed beneath. 
Flowers sessile, in terminal bunches: blos¬ 
som bellied and red, the segments of the border 
are heart-shaped, spreading, and white; of a 
bright red on the under side. 
Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, with 
honey bearing nectaries at the base. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from July till September. 
reference. 
1. The Empalement. 
2. A Blossom. 
3. The Chives and Pointal. 
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 
This Erica resembles the E. primuloides in its foliage, also in the shape and colour of the blos¬ 
som, but differs greatly in the manner of its growth, as the flowers, in this plant, terminate the 
branches in complex umbells, more like the genus Daphne than Erica. 
It is one of those fine seminal varieties raised from Cape seed at the Hammersmith Nursery, and 
received its specific title in honour of the Earl of Coventry. 
