ERICA coronata. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers aristatae, inclusae. Flores plures, terminates, 
simpliciter verticillati, conferti, viscosi. Pedunculi longi, 
curvati. Corolla cylindrico-clavata, pollicaris, nitida, 
ima parte profunde carnea, apice viridi, ore arctata 5 
laciniis rectis. Folia octona, linearia, obtusa, supra sca¬ 
bra, subtus sulcata, attenuata in petiolos longos capil¬ 
lares. Caulis fruticosus, erectus, tripedalis. Rami sim¬ 
plices, longi. 
DESCRIPTION - . 
Tips beardless, and within the blossom. The flowers 
are numerous, terminating the branches in simple 
whorls, crowded together, and clammy. The footstalks 
are long, and curved. Blossom cylindrically club-shaped, 
an inch long, and shining 5 the lower part of a strong 
flesh colour, the end green j compressed at the mouth, 
whose segments are straight. Leaves grow by eights, 
linear, blunt-ended, rough on the upper surface, fur¬ 
rowed beneath, and tapering into long hair-like foot¬ 
stalks. Stem shrubby, upright, three feet high. Branches 
simple and long. 
Native! of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom frorh February till April. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A leaf. 
2. The empalement magnified. 
3. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
