ERICA Bandonia 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica antheris muticis, inclusis : stylo exerto : 
floribus terminalibus: peclunculis longissimis: 
foliis ternis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis pedalis, fruticosus: rami et ramuli 
erecto-patentes. 
Folia terna, trigona, subulata, recta ; supra 
plana subtus carinato. 
Flores terminales in umbellis, quinis vel 
decern, cum pedunculis longissimis rubris: co- 
rollis urceolatis: oris laciniis patentes equalis. 
Germen tiarseforme, ad basin nectariis mel- 
liferis instruction. ' 
Habitat ad Caput Borne Spei. 
Floret a mense Julii in Septembrem. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Calyx. 
2. Stamina et Pistillura, anthera un& lente 
aucta. 
3. Germen et Pistillum stigmate lente aucto. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath with beardless tips within the blos¬ 
som: shaft without flowers, terminal: footstalks 
very long: leaves by threes. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem a foot high, shrubby ; small and large 
branches between; erect and spreading. 
Leaves by threes, three-sided, awl-shaped, 
and straight; flat on their upper surface, and 
keeled beneath. 
Flowers terminate the branches in umbels 
of five to ten, with very long red footstalks : 
blossom pitcher-shaped: segments of the. bor¬ 
der spreading and equal. 
Seed-bud turban shaped, with honey bearing 
nectaries at the base. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from July till September. 
reference. 
1. The Empalement. 
2. Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 
This Erica, named in honour of LordBandon, was raised from Cape seed at the Hammersmith 
Nursery. It is rather a dwarf, shrubby plant, with numerous flowers, the blossoms resemble the 
E. Yentricosa; the great length of the flower-stalks, are like the E. Irbyana, as is also the foliage, 
which likewise bear a similitude to the leaves of the E. taxifolia; but altogether it is perfectly distinct 
from any one hitherto delineated, and makes a brilliant appearance towards the autumn. 
