ERICA rubens. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje cristatae^ inclusae. Flores terminales^ in um¬ 
bellis nutantibus vel cerriuis| 3 —8-floris. Pedunculilongius- 
culi. Corolla late ovata^ rubro-purpurea. Folia quaterna^ 
erecta, linearia, glabra. Caulis fruticosus, sub-erectus, 
ramis patentibus, vel subinde pendulis. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers terminal, 
in nodding or cernuous umbels of from 3 to 8 flowers. 
The peduncles longish. Blossom broad egg-shaped, and 
of a red purple. Leaves by fours, upright, linear, 
smooth. Stem shrubby, nearly upright. Branches 
spreading, or sometimes nodding. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from June till September. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement magnified. 
2 . The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
S Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
4. The seed-bud magnified, 
