ERICA Tfamibergia* 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis: stylo sub-exerto: 
floribus globosis, campanulatis: foliis terms. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis sesquipedalis, erectus: ramis filiformi- 
bus, virgatis. 
Folia ternata, linearia, erecta, obtusa. 
Flores prope apices ramulorum umbellati : 
pedunculis longissimis : corolla tubo globoso 
luteo: limbo campanulato: laciniis cordatis, mag- 
nis, lrete coccineis. 
Germen tiaraeforme, sulcatum, ad basin nec- 
tariis melliferis instructum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonas Spei. 
Floret a mense Februarii ad Julium. 
REFERENTIAL 
1. Calyx. 
2. Corolla. 
3. Stamina et Pistillum. 
4. Germen et Pistillum. 
5. Antbera una lente aucta. 
6. Flos plenus vel monstrosus. 
7. Idem expansus. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with beardless tips, within the blossom : 
shaft just without: flowers globular, and bell¬ 
shaped : leaves by threes. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem a foot and half high, upright: branches 
thread-shaped and twiggy. 
Leaves by threes, linear, upright, and blunt- 
ended. 
Flowers grow near the ends of the branches, 
in umbels : footstalks very long: blossom with a 
round tube of a yellow colour: mouth of the 
flower bell-shaped: segments heart-shaped, large, 
and of a bright scarlet. 
Seed-bud turban-shaped, and furrowed, with 
honey-bearing nectaries at the base. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from February till July. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement. 
2. A Blossom. 
3. Chives and Pointal. 
4. Seed-bud and Pointal. 
5. One tip magnified. 
6. A double or monstrous Flower. 
7. The same spread open. 
This Erica is said to be first described by Professor Montin in theUpsal Transactions. It is a very 
interesting plant, combining beauty with novelty, and perfectly distinct from any other species at pre¬ 
sent known : it bears the name of that able botanist Thunberg, and was first raised at the Hammer¬ 
smith Nursery from Cape seed brought by the late F. Masson, Collector to the Royal Gardens at Kew. 
