ERICA mundula* 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis : foliis quater- 
nis : fioribus sessilibus, fastigiatis, terminalibus : 
frutex pjgmgeusi 
DESCRIPTION 
Caulis fruticosus, spithamaeus, erectus, ranuo- 
sus : ramuli nuraerosi, adscendentes. 
Folia quaterna, subulata, lucida, supra plana, 
subtus sulcata. 
Flores sessiles, erecti, fastigiati, quaterni, ter- 
minales : coroll is tubulosis, pellucidis, ore arc- 
tato, quod ornatum est io moduin Primula; : la- 
ciniis cordatis, expansis, albis, subtus laste rubris. 
Habitat ad Caput Bouse Spei. 
Floret a mense Junio ad Septembrem, 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Calyx. 
2. Antliera leute aucta. 
3 . Geraien et Pistillum, stigmate leute aucto. 
4 . Geraien leute auctum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with beardless tips, within the blossom : 
leaves by fours : flowers sessile, fastigiate, and 
terminal: a dwarf shrub. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem shrubby, a span high, upright, and bushy: 
small branches numerous and ascending. 
Leaves by fours, awl-shaped, shining, flat on 
their upper surface, and furrowed beneath. 
Flowers sessile, upright, fastigiate, and termi¬ 
nating' the branches by fours : blossoms tubular, 
pellucid, narrowed at the mouth, which is orna¬ 
mented like a Cowslip : the segments of the bor¬ 
der are heart-shaped, spreading, and white, of a 
bright red on the under side. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope, 
Flowers from the month of June till Septem¬ 
ber. 
REFERENCE. 
1. Empalement. 
2. A Chive magnified. 
3. The Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magni¬ 
fied. 
4. Seed-bud magnified. 
The Erica mundula is a small neat shrub resembling the E. primuloides in its flowers, but different 
in the leaves, which are by fours instead of fives: it is also a looser-growing plant, and seems to be 
a connecting link between that species, the E. infundibuliformis, E. tenuifiora, and E. Coventrya, 
but very distinct from either of them. The flowers in the early bud state have a very rich ap¬ 
pearance, from the deep bright red colour beneath the segments of the border, contrasted with the 
dark shining green leaves. Our drawing represents an entire plant, from the Hammersmith col¬ 
lection. 
