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ERICA magnificat 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris bicornibus, inclusis: floribus 
metulaformibus, purpureis, nitidis: foliis ter¬ 
ms : ramis confertis: caule buraili. 
DESCRIPTION 
Frutex pygmasus, ramis et ramulis numerosis 
confertis. 
Folia ternata, linearia> obtusa, recta, subtus 
leviter sulcata, marginibus rotundatis. 
Flores plerumque ternati, patentes, aut cer- 
nui: pedunculi colorati, bracteis tribus instruc- 
ti: corolla metulaeformis, purpurea, iucida: 
oris lacirxiis erectis : calycis foliolis ovato-acutis, 
adpressis. 
Germen tiarEeforme, bicoloratum, ad basin 
nectariis meliiferis instructum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonte Spei. 
Floret a mense Augusti in Novembrem. 
RE FERE NT I A. 
1. Calyx. 
2. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anthera una 
lente aucta. 
3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
PIeath, with tips two-horned at the base, within 
the blossom : flowers skittle-shaped, purple, and 
shining : leaves by threes : branches crowded to¬ 
gether : stem low. 
DESCRIPTION. 
A dwarf shrub, with numerous large and 
small branches crowded together. 
Leaves by threes, linear, blunt-ended and 
straight, slightly furrowed beneath, and rounded 
on the edges. 
Flowers grow mostly by threes, spreading or 
nodding: footstalks coloured, and furnished 
with three floral leaves: blossom skittle- shaped, 
purple^ and shining: segments of the border 
upright: leaflets of the cup ovate, pointed, and 
pressed to the blossom. 
Seed-bud turban-shaped* two-coloured, and 
furnished at the base with honey-bearing nee- 5 
taries. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from August till November. 
REFERENCE. 
L The Erapalement. 
2. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one 
tip magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 
This Erica is a handsome busily shrub, but certainly not magnificent, although, when first intro¬ 
duced in the year 1800, its claim to the specific title of magnifica was undoubtedly more appropriate 
than it now appears to be amongst the numerous species (and many of superior beauty) raised since 
that period from Cape seed. It is at present in but few collections which is probably owing to its 
being of slow growth, and not easily increased. The only fine flowering' plants we have seen lately 
have been in the conservatory of the Countess de Vandes, and at the nursery of Mr. Williams, 
whence our figure was taken. 
