ERICA sulphiirea. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, sub-inclusis: stylo ex- 
erto : floribus cylindraceis, sessilibus: foliis qua- 
ternis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis pedal is et ultra, erectus : rami sparsi, 
tirgati, frequentes, villosi. 
Folia quaterna, tenuia, obtusa, yillosa, erecta. 
Flores sub-solitarii, sessiles, ramulos terminan- 
tes : corollis cylindraceo-clavatis, curvatis, villo- 
sis: limbo campanulato, revoluto. 
Germen tiarreforme, sulcatum, ad basin nec- 
tariis melliferis instructum. 
Habitat ad Caput Borne Spei. 
Floret a mense Junii ad Octobrem. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Folium lente auctum. 
2. Calyx lente auctus. 
3. StaminaetPistillum,antherauna lente aucta; 
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with beardless tips, just within the blos¬ 
som : shaft without: flowers are cylindrical and 
sessile : leaves by fours. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem a foot or more high, upright: branches 
scattered, twiggy, numerous, and hairy. 
Leaves by fours, thin, blunt, villose, and up¬ 
right. 
Flowers grow singly, sessile, and terminate 
the smaller branches: blossoms cylindrical^ club- 
shaped, curved, and hairy : the segments of the 
border are bell-shaped, and rolled back. 
Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, and fur¬ 
nished at the base with honey-bearing nectaries. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from June till October. 
REFERENCE. 
t. A leaf magnified. 
2. The Empalement magnified. 
3. Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 
This lively shrub was first raised from Cape seed at the Hammersmith Nursery in 18 14. In its general 
character it very much resembles the E. tubiflora and the E. sonclicln, distinct from each, and yet resem¬ 
bling both. It is a brilliant addition to the gay and extensive genus Erica. 
