ERICA Templea. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, mutieis inclusis: floribus terminalibus : 
cernuis, foliis lanceolatis, hirsutis : caulis fruti- 
cosa. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis fruticosus, pedalis, ramis et ramulis, 
simplicibus, flexuosis. 
Folia sena, lanceolata, curvata, patentia, supra 
plana, subtus sulco exarata: marginibus hirsu¬ 
tis. 
Flores in ultimis ramis terminales, in umbel- 
lis, cernuis : corolla sub eylindracea, ad basin in- 
flata, subalbia, supra loete rubra et striatis, ore 
arcuata pilosa, laciniis revolutis. 
Germen tiarseforme, sulcatum, pilosum, ad 
basin nectariis melliferis instruetum. 
Habitat ad Caput Borne Spei. 
Floret a mense Septembri in Decemhrem. 
referentia, 
1. Folium. 
2. Idem infra lente aucta. 
3. Stamen et pistillum, anthera una lente aucta. 
4. Germen et pistillum stigmata lente aucta. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
HeAth, with beardless tips, within the blossom 1 
flowers terminal and nodding : leaves lance¬ 
shaped and hirsute : stem shrubby. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem shrubby, a foot high ; the large and 
smaller branches simple and flexuose. 
Leaves by sixes, lance shaped,, curved and 
spreading, flat on their upper surface and deeply 
furrowed beneath : margins harshly haired. 
Flowers terminate the ends of the brandies 
in umbels, nodding : blossom nearly cylindrical, 
swelled at the base, whitish, of a bright red co¬ 
lour above, and striped : narrowed at the mouth, 
and hairy segments rolled back. 
Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, hairy, and 
furnished at the base with honey-bearing nec¬ 
taries. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from the month of September till De¬ 
cember. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A Leaf. 
2. The same shewn from beneath, magnified. 
3. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified'. 
This Erica was first raised from seed at the Hammersmith Nursery, about the year 1820, and named 
by the late Mr. Lee after Lady Temple : it is a perfectly new and distinct species ; the Erica’s ce- 
rinthoides and obbata are the only heaths to which it bears any resemblance. It is a handsome 
shrub low in stature, but easily distinguished from most of this fine tribe by its glaucous, hairy 
foliage. 
