ERICA coccinea. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, fub-inclufis, ftylus ex- 
lertus; flores in fumitate ramorem, verticillati, 
clavati, curvati, coccinei; foliola calycis acuta; 
foliis fen is, incurvis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis eredtus, cinereo-fufcus, pedalis; rami 
verticillati, eredto-patentes, raro ramuloli. 
Folia fena, incurvata, acuta, glabra, fub- 
glauca; petiolis adpreffis. 
Flores in fummite ramorum verticillati, con- 
ferti, breviflime pedunculati, bradteae calycifor- 
mes. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
fubulatis, marginibus membranaceis, acutis, ca- 
rinatis. 
Corolla curvata, elevata, pubefcens, fan- 
guinea ; oris laciniis eredtis. 
Stamina. Filamenta odto capillaria, longi- 
tudine tubi. Antherae muticse, fub-inclufae. 
Pistillum. Germen turbinatum, fulcatum. 
Stylus filiformis, exfertus. Stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonas Spei. 
Floret a menli Augufti, in Decembrem. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Calyx, et Corolla. 
1 . Calyx lente audtus. 
3. Stamina, et Piftillum. 
4. Stamina a Piftillo didudta, anthera una 
lente audta. 
6. Stylus, et Stigma, lente audta. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Hea th, with beardlefs tips, juft within the blof- 
fom, fhaft without; the flowers grow at the end 
of branches in whorls, club-fhaped, curved, and 
of a fcarlet colour; the leaves of the cup are 
fharp-pointed ; the leaves grow by Axes, and are 
turned inwards. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem upright, of a brownifh afh-colour, grow¬ 
ing a foot high; branches grow in whorls, up- 
right, and fpreading, feldom branching. 
Leaves grow by fixes, turned inwards, fharp- 
pointed, fmooth, and of a bluifti green; the leaf- 
ftems prefled to the branches. 
Flowers grow in clofe whorls at the top of 
the branches; the foot-ftalks very fhort, the floral 
leaves appearing like a fecond cup. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, which are 
awl-fhaped, fkinny at the edges, fharp-pointed, 
and keel-fhaped. 
Blossom curved, club-fhaped, downy, and of 
a blood colour; the fegments of the mouth are 
upright. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, the length 
of the tube. Tips beardlefs, and juft within the 
bloflom. 
Point a l. Seed-bud turban-ftiaped, and fur¬ 
rowed. Shaft thread-fhaped, and without the 
bloflom. Summit four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from Auguft, till December. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement, and Bloflom. 
2 . The Empalement magnified. 
3. The Chives, and Pointal. 
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one 
tip magnified. 
5. The Shaft, and its Summit, magnified. 
