ERICA ardens. 
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DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers cristatae, inclusae. Flores laterales, saepe 
ternati, cernui 5 pedunculis longissimis. Corolla sub» 
globosa, ignea, lucida. Folia ternata, subulata, paten¬ 
tia, et reflexa. Caulis fruticosus, sub-pedalis, flexuosus, 
ramulis erectis, patentibusque. 
DESCRIPTION. 
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Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers lateral, 
chiefly in threes, nodding 3 with very long peduncles. 
Blossom somewhat globular, of a fiery colour, and 
shining. Leaves by threes, awl-shaped, spreading, and 
reflexed. Stem shrubby, near a foot high, flexuose, 
with branches erect and spreading. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from April till June. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement magnified. 
2 . The chives and pointal. 
3. A chive magnified. 
4. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
5. Seed-bud magnified. 
