ERICA Shannonea. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica antheris basi bicornibus, inclusis: stylo 
sub-exserto: fioribus terminalibus, ampullaceis : 
pedunculis longissimis: foliis ternis. 
DESCRiPTIO. 
Caulis pedalis, erectus: rami longi, sub-sim- 
plices. 
Folia terna, trigona, subulata, recta, acuta, 
supra plana, subtus carinata. 
Flores terminales in umbellis quinis vel oc- 
tonis, cum pedunculis longissimis rubris : corollis 
pallide carneis, glutinosissimis, magnis, ad sum 
mitatem cylindraceis, ad basin inflatis: ore arcta- 
to, laciniis expansis, ovatis. 
Germen tiaraeforme, sulcatum, ad basin nec- 
tariis melliferis instructum. 
Habitat in Caput Bonas Spei. 
Floret a mense Julii in Septembrem. 
referentia. 
1. Calyx. , 
S. Stamina et Pistillum, anthera una lente 
3LUCtci. 
3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath with tips two-horned at the base, within 
the blossom : shaft just without: flowers termi¬ 
nal, flask-shaped: footstalks very long: leaves by 
threes. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem a foot high, upright: branches Iona*. 
to" 
and nearly simple. 
Leaves by threes, three-sided, awl-shaped, 
straight and pointed, flat on the upper surface, 
and keeled beneath. 
Flowers terminate the branches in umbels of 
5 to 8, with very long red footstalks: blossoms 
of a pale flesh-colour, very glutinous, and large, 
cylindrical on the upper part, and swelled out at 
the base: narrowed at the mouth, with the sea-- 
to 
ments spreading and egg-shaped. 
Seed-bud turban-shaped and furrowed, with 
honey-bearing nectaries at the bg.se. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from July till September. 
reference. 
1. The Empalement. 
2. Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit, magnified. 
This Erica was raised from Cape seed brought over by Niven in 1808. It is a fine addition to this 
extensive family, and may be increased by cuttings, but not so freely as many other species; which 
joined to the short period of only three years since it was first raised from seed, makes it at present 
rather scarce, and in but few collections. Our figure represents a plant in the nursery of Mr. Rol- 
linson, where we found it under the specific title of Shannonea, in compliment to the Earl of Shannon. 
