ERICA colorans. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis: floribus spica- 
tis, confertis: foliis quaternis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis fruticosus, erectus, pedalis et ultra: ra- 
rauli numerosi, breves, tomentosi. 
Folia quaterna, linearia, tomentosa, obtusa. 
Flores fere ramos terminant, racemum lon- 
gum densum formantes: corolla tubulato-campa- 
nulata, diapbana, imprimis alba, denique saturate 
rosacea. 
Germen tiarteforme, sulcatum, ad basin necta- 
riis melliferis instructum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonas Spei. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with beardless tips, within the blossom : 
flowers grow in crowded spikes: leaves by fours. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem shrubby, upright, a foot or more high: the 
smaller branches are numerous, short, and downy. 
Leaves by fours, linear, downy, and blunt- 
ended. 
Flowers nearly terminate the branches, mak¬ 
ing a long close bunch : blossom tubularly bell¬ 
shaped, transparent, white at first, and then dy¬ 
ing off of a deep rose colour. 
Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, and fur¬ 
nished at the base with honey-bearing nectaries. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Floret a mense Martii in Augustum. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Calyx. 
2. Anther£eetPistillum,antheraunalenteaucta. 
3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
Flowers from March till August. 
REFERENTCE. 
1. Calyx. 
2. Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 
This Erica may be considered as an elegant but distinct variety of the E. Linncea. It is well 
known by the specific title of colorans, in reference to the rich red colour the flowers acquire as 
the blossoms decay, which gives a very singular motley appearance to the plant. It continues a long 
time in successive bloom; and requires a dry airy situation in the green-house, to protect its small 
crowded downy foliage from the atmospheric damps too prevalent in this climate. 
