ERICA quadrangularis. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis: floribus termi- 
nalibus: corollis quadrangularibus: caule erecto. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis sesquipedalis, fruticosus, erectus, ramo- 
sus: ramis et ramulis longis. 
Folia numerosa, sparsa, ensiformia, curvata, 
adscendentia et patentia, supra plana, subtus sul¬ 
cata. 
Flores ramulos terminant, terni, quaterni Yel 
quini, erecti vel patentes : corolla bicolorata, su¬ 
pra alba, infra incarnata, tubulosa, quadrata, qua- j 
tuor valvis vel suturis : oris laciniis revolutis. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Floret a mense Aprili in Juniura. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Calyx. 
2. Corolla expansa. 
3. Anthera una. 
4. Gerraen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with beardless tips within the blossom : 
flowers terminal: blossoms quadrangular: stem 
erect. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem a foot and a half high, shrubby, upright, 
and branching: the large and small branches 
long. 
Leaves numerous, scattered, sword-shaped, 
curved, ascending and spreading, flat on their 
upper surface, and furrowed beneath. 
Flowers terminate the smaller branches in 
threes, fours, or fives, erect or spreading: blossom 
two-coloured, white above and flesh-coloured be¬ 
neath, tubular, squared, with four valves or seams: 
segments of the border rolled back. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from the month of April till June. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement. 
2. A Blossom spread out. 
3. A Chive. 
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 
Ibis new species of Erica is at present but little known : the only collections in which we have 
seen it are Mr. Rollinson’s at Tooting, and Mr. Lee’s Nursery, where our drawing was taken in 1819. 
It was first raised from Cape seed in 1812, but is still a scarce plant, and not easily increased by cut¬ 
tings. It is very handsome when in flower: its blossoms resemble wax, with four seams or valves, 
very unlike any other species we are at present acquainted with. 
