ERIGA vestita coccinea. 
CHARACTER, SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, sub-exsertis ; foliis senis, 
tremulis, linearibus, attenuatis in petiolos capil- 
lares; corollis clavatis, pollicaribus, coccineis. 
DESCRIPT IO. 
Caulis erectus, sesquipedalis, parum ramosus, 
ramulis simplicibus, foliis tectis. 
Folia sena, linearia, tremula, glabra, subtus 
sulcata, attenuata in petiolos capillares semiungui- 
culares. 
Flores in ramulis mediis conferti, numerosi, 
erecto-patentes, pedunculis brevibus, bracteis tri¬ 
bus linearibus adpressis. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis su- 
bulatis adpressis glabris. 
Corolla clavata, pollicaris, coccinea, oris laci- 
niis revolutis. 
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria, recepta- 
culo inserta; antheris muticis, sub-exsertis. 
Pistillum. Germen turbinatum, sulcatum. 
Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum. 
Flabitat ad Caput Bonce Spaci. 
Floret a mense Augusto in Novembrem. 
RE FERE NT I A. 
1. Calyx et Corolla. 
2. Calyx lente auctus. 
3. Stamina et Pistillum. 
4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta; anthera una lente 
aucta. 
5. Stylus et Stigma lente aucti. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with beardless tips just without the blos¬ 
som ; the leaves grow by sixes, are tremulous, 
linear, and taper into hair-like foot-stalks ; the blos¬ 
soms are club-shaped, an inch long, and deep 
scarlet. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem upright, grows a foot and a half high, 
branching but little; the smaller branches are sim¬ 
ple, and covered with leaves. 
Leaves grow by sixes, are linear, tremulous, 
smooth, furrowed underneath, and tapering into 
hair-like foot-stalks half an inch long. 
Flowers are clustered together about the mid¬ 
dle of the branches, are numerous, spreading up¬ 
wards, having short foot-stalks, with three linear 
floral leaves pressed to the cup. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, which are 
awl-shaped, pressed to the blossom, and smooth. 
Blossom club-shaped, an inch long, and of a 
deep scarlet colour ; the segments of the mouth 
are rolled back. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, fixed into 
the receptacle; tips beardless, and just without 
the blossom. 
Pointal. Seed-vessel turban-shaped, and fur¬ 
rowed. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four- 
cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Flope. 
Flowers from August till November. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement and Blossom. 
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. 
