ERICA Ollula. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris aristatis, tortis, inclusis: flores 
ramos terminant in fasciculis: foliis sparsis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis subpedalis, fruticosus: ramis longis, 
adscendentibus. 
Folia sparsa, linearia, longa, obtusa : petiolis 
longis, adpressis. 
Flores conferti, fasciculati, terminales: pe- 
dunculis lorsgissimis, rubris, bracteis duabus di- 
stantibus: corolla urceolata, saturate carnea: oriis 
laciniis cequalibus, patentibus. 
Germen tiarasforme, sulcatum, ad basin necta- 
riis melliferis instructum. 
Habitat ad Caput Borne Spei. 
Floret a mense Julii ad Octobrem. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Calyx. 
2. Corolla. 
3. Antlierce et Pistillum, antliera unalente aucta. 
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
5. Germen lente auctum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with twisted,bearded tips within the blos¬ 
som : flowers terminate the branches in bunches : 
leaves scattered. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem scarce a foot high, shrubby: branches 
long and ascending. 
Leaves scattered,linear,long, and blunt-ended: 
footstalks pressed to the branches. 
Flowers crowded together in bunches at the 
ends of the branches : footstalks very long and 
red, with two floral-leaves set at a distance on 
them: blossom pitcher-shaped, and of a deep 
flesh-colour: segments of the border equal and 
spreading. 
Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, and fur¬ 
nished at the base with honey-bearing nectaries. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from the month of July till October. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement. 
2. A Blossom. 
3. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 
5. Seed-bud magnified. 
'Inis handsome little shrub was, we believe, first raised from Cape seed about the year 1814. It is 
one of the most ornamental of those Ericas recently introduced. The flowers are crowded together 
in bunches, and remain a long time in successive bloom. 
