ERICA vernix, longijlora . 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris cristatis, inclusis: floribus ter¬ 
ms, tricoloribus, viscosis, urceolatis: foliis ter¬ 
ms. 
DESCRI PTIO. 
Caulis erectus, sesquipedalis; ramulis ternis, 
verticillatis. 
Folia ternata, sub-trigona, supra plana, sub- 
tus sulco exarata: petiolis longis. 
Flores plerumque ternati, cernui, speciosi: 
pedunculi colorati, bracteis tribus coloratis in- 
structi. Corolla urceolata, glutinosissima, et 
lucida, colore saturate aurantio: laciniis oris 
erectis, saturate viridibus: calycis foliolis ovato- 
acutis, adpressis. 
Germen tiaraeforme, sulcatum, ad basin necta- 
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riis melliferis instructum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae: Spei. 
Floret a mense Februarii in Junium. 
r REFERENTIAL 
1. Calyx. 
2. Stamen auctum. 
3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with crested tips within the blossom: 
flowers grow by threes, are three-coloured, 
clammy, and pitcher-shaped: leaves by threes. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem shrubby, a foot and a half high: the 
branches grow by threes in whorls. 
Leaves by threes, nearly three-sided, flat on 
their upper surface, and furrowed beneath : foot-' 
stalks long. 
Flowers grow mostly by threes, nodding and 
showy : footstalks coloured, furnished with three 
coloured floral leaves: blossom pitcher-shaped, 
very glutinous, and shining, of a deep gold co¬ 
lour: segments of the border are upright, and 
of a deep green : the leaflets of the cup are 
ovate-pointed, and pressed to the blossom. 
Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, and fur¬ 
nished with honey-bearing nectaries at the base. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from the month of February till June. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement. 
2. A Chive magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 
This elegant addition to the extensive family of the Erics; was raised from Cape seed in the Summer 
of 1808 , by Mr. Knight, Nurseryman, of the King’s Road, Chelsea. The difference between this 
plant and the E. vernix is easily discernible when they are in flower : but from the great similitude in 
their habit, stalks, and leaves, it is scarcely possible to distinguish them from each other when out of 
bloom. 
