ERICA rosea. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje muticae, inclusae. Flores 2—3-nati, fere 
laterales, nutantes. Corolla cylindrica, paululum cur¬ 
vata, uncialis, laete rosea 5 laciniis erectis. Folia ple¬ 
rumque quina vel sena, erecta, setacea, conferta. Caulis 
fruticosus, bipedalis $ ramis ramulisque erectis, et saepe 
alternis. 
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DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, and within the blossom. Flowers 
grow in twos and threes, nearly lateral, and nodding. 
Blossom cylindrical, slightly curved, an inch long, and 
of a bright rose-colour : the segments are upright. 
Leaves chiefly in fives or sixes, upright, bristle-shaped, 
and crowded. Stem shrubby, two feet high. The 
branches and branchlets are upright, and often alternate. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from June till October. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 
2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
