ERICA Petiveriana, hirsuta . 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers muticae, exertae, longissimae. Flores ter* 
minales in ramulis lateralibus, sub-terni, penduli, in¬ 
curvi, pedunculis brevibus. Corolla clavata, incurva, 
uncialis, laete et lucide rubra, basi tumida, quadrifida. 
Folia ternata, subulata, hirsuta. Caulis erectus, ses¬ 
quipedalis, inferne ramulis numerosis instructus. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, without the blossom, and very long. 
Flowers terminal on the small lateral branches, mostly 
by threes, pendulous, and incurved, with short foot¬ 
stalks. Blossom club-shaped, incurved, an inch long, 
of a bright shining red, swelled and quadrifid at the 
base. Leaves by threes, awl-shaped, and hairy. Stem 
upright, a foot and a half high, and furnished down¬ 
wards with numerous small branches. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from January till April. 
REFERENCE. 
3. The under-side of a leaf magnified. 
2. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 
3. A blossom detached from the empalement. 
4. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 
5 . Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
