ERICA coccinea. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers muticae, sub-inclusae. Flores in summitate 
ramorum verticillati, conferti. Pedunculi brevissimi, 
bracteis calyciformibus. Corolla clavata, curvata, san¬ 
guinea. Folia sena, acuta, sub-glauca. Caulis erectus, 
pedalis. Rami verticillati, erecto-patentes, raro ra¬ 
mulosi. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, just within the blossom. Flowers 
grow in close whorls at the top of the branches. The 
footstalks are very short, the floral leaves appearing like 
a second cup. Blossom club-shaped, curved, and of a 
blood colour. Leaves by sixes, sharp-pointed, and of 
a blueish green. Stem upright, a foot high. The 
branches grow in whorls, upright and spreading, seldom 
branching. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hop*. 
In bloom from August till December. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement magnified. 
2. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 
3. The shaft and its summit magnified. 
