ERICA rupestris rubra . 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
IErIca antheris cristatis, inclusis : floribus late- 
ralibus, terminalibus, campanulatis, nutantibus: 
foliis ternis. 
DESCRIPTIOo 
Caulis erectus, sesquipedalis: raraulis plerum- 
que ternis, ad basin procumbentibus, in medio 
paten tibus, superne adscendentibus. 
Folia ternata, crassa, obtusa, recta, subtus 
sulcata, marg'inibus rotundatig. 
Flores ad apices ramorum ramulorumque in 
umbellisirreg'ularibus, cernuis: corolla campanu- 
lata, rubra, oris laciniis patentibus: calyce lan- 
ceolato, adpresso. 
Germen tiarseforme, bicoloratum, ad basin 
nectariis melliferis instructum. 
Habitat in Caput Borne Spei. 
Floret a mense Februarii ad Noverabrem. 
referentia. 
1. Calyx. 
2. StaminaetPistillum, anthera una lente aucta. 
3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
4. Germen lente auctum. 
specific character. 
Heath with crested tips, within the blossom: 
flowers lateral, terminal, bell-shaped, and nod¬ 
ding : leaves by threes* 
DESCRIPTION* 
Stem upright, a foot and a half high : smaller 
branches mostly by threes, hanging down at the 
base of the plant, in the middle spreading out, 
and ascending towards the top. 
Leaves by threes, thick, blunt, straight, and 
furrowed beneath, with roundish edges. 
Flowers grow at the ends of the larger and 
smaller branches, in irregular umbels, nodding 
all one way. Blossom bell-shaped and red : seg¬ 
ments of the border spreading. Empalement 
lance-shaped, and pressed to the blossom. 
Seed-bud turban-shaped, two-coloured, with 
honey-bearing nectaries at the base. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from the month of February till No¬ 
vember. 
reference. 
1. The Empalement. 
2. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified, 
3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 
4. Seed-bud magnified. 
This Erica was raised from British seen gathered from the E. rupestris, in the autumn of J807, by 
iVlr. Knight, nurseryman, in the King s BLoad, Chelsea, and is the only one. Out of a number sown, 
that vegetated. Its first year s growth exhibited a strong resemblance to the habit of the original 
species, spreading and hanging over the sides of the pot. The second year it began to lose its pendu¬ 
lous appearance, and the third summer it acquired a handsome pyramidal form, instead of the straggling 
dwarf character of the mother plant. 
It may be found in bloom in spring, summer, autumn, and winter. 
