ERICA transparens* 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis: floribus termi- 
nalibus: foliis ternis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis bipedalis, fruticosus, erectus. 
Folia ternata, linearia, nitida, erecto-patentia: 
foliis majoribus flexuosis. 
Flores plerumque terni, cernui, ad ramorum 
extremitates: calyx duplex, crassus, adpressus : 
calyx exterior trifoliatus: corolla tubulosa, pur¬ 
purea : oris laciniis viridi-albicantibus. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with beardless tips, within the blossom: 
flowers terminalleaves by threes. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem two feet high, shrubby, and erect. 
Leaves by threes, linear, shining, erect, and 
spreading: the larger leaves are flexuose. 
Flowers grow mostly by threes, drooping, at 
the ends of the branches: empalement double, 
thick, and pressed to the blossom : the exterior 
calyx three-leaved : blossom tubular and purple : 
the segments of the border of a greenish white. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Floret a mense Julii ad Aprilem. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Calyx. 
2. AntheraeetPistillum,antheraunalenteaucta. 
3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
4. Germen lente auctum. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from the month of July till April. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement. 
2. Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 
4. Seed-bud magnified. 
The Erica transparens may be considered as one of the most beautiful of this fine tribe of plants. Its 
flowers equal in lustre the finest silk: their succession is so abundant, that we have found it in luxu¬ 
riant bloom for six months. Our drawing was finished in the month of February 1820; and although 
the cold season checked the rich colour of its blossoms, yet was it (even so restrained) the most ele¬ 
gant ornament of the conservatory. It resembles the E. discolor in many particulars, but is specifi¬ 
cally distinct in having the anthers muticce instead of aristata:. 
