ERICA pumila. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris cristatis, inclusis: floribus cy- 
lindraceis, terminalibus, bicoloribus: foliis ter¬ 
ms, obtusis : ramis divaricatis : caule humili. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Frutex pygma3us, rami et ramuli numerosi, 
divaricati, plerumque foliis tecti. 
Folia ternata, linearia, obtusa, recta, glabra, 
supra plana, subtus sulcata, marginibus rotun- 
datis. 
Flores plerumque ternata, patento-cernui ; 
pedunculi breves, colorati, bracteis tribus colo- 
ratis instructi; corolla cylindracea, incarnata ; 
laciniis oris viridibus, pallidis, erectis; caljcis 
foliolis ovatis, coloratis, adpressis. 
Germen tiarseforme, bicoloratum, ad basin 
nectariis melliferis instructum. 
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Habitat ad Caput Bonse Spei. 
Floret a mense Maio in Augustum. 
N. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Folium. 
2. Calyx lente auctus. 
3. Stamen auctum. 
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
5. Germen lente auctum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with crested tips, within the blossom: 
flowers cylindrical, terminal, and two-coloured: 
leaves 'by threes, obtuse: branches straddling 1 : 
stem low. 
DESCRIPTION. 
A dwarf shrub, the large and small branches 
numerous, straddling, and mostly covered with 
leaves. 
Leaves by threes, linear, obtuse, straight, 
smooth, flat on the upper surface, furrowed be¬ 
neath, and rounded at the edges. 
Flowers grow mostly by threes, spreading, 
or nodding; footstalks short, coloured, and fur¬ 
nished with three coloured floral leaves; blos¬ 
soms cylindrical, flesh-coloured; segments of 
the border of a pale green, and upright: the 
leaflets of the cup are ovate, coloured, and 
pressed to the blossom. 
Seed-bud turban-shaped, two-coloured, and 
furnished at the base with honey-bearing nec¬ 
taries. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from the month of May till August. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A leaf. 
2. The Empalement magnified. 
3. A Chive 4 mag-nified. 
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 
5. Seed-bud magnified. 
The Erica pumila is a new species, and very distinct from any with which we are at present ac¬ 
quainted. Our figure represents the entire plant, just as we received it growing in a pot. It was 
first raised at the Hibbertian collection in 1805, by Mr. Knight, with whom it has flowered this sum¬ 
mer, for the first time m England. From the very small size, and slow growth of all the plants of 
this species as yet in cultivation with us, we are inclined to think it will not at any future period 
assume a gigantic appeaiance; but will most likely, continue to retain a claim to the specific appella¬ 
tion of pumila. 
