E RICA fo r mos a. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje muticae, sub-exertae. Flores in apicibus 
ramorum, verticiilati, axillares, ad interpositionem fo¬ 
liorum, horizontales, sub-spicati. Corolla clavata, pol¬ 
licaris, parum curvata, glabra, coccinea 5 oris laciniis 
expansis, maximis, sub-recurvis. Folia sub-sen a, li¬ 
nearia, glabra, rigida, acuta, patentia, parum curvata. 
Caulis fruticosus, erectus. Rami verticiilati, erecti. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, and just without the blossom. Flowers 
grow in whorls, at the tops of the branches, close to 
the stem, at the insertion of the leaves, horizontally, 
and rather in a spike. Blossom club-shaped, an inch 
long, a little curved, smooth, and of a scarlet colour. 
The segments of the border are spread out, very large, 
and a little turned back. Leaves mostly in sixes, linear, 
smooth, harsh, sharp-pointed, spreading, and a little 
curved. Stem shrubby, upright. The branches grow 
in whorls, and upright. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope, 
In bloom from August till December. 
REFERENCE. 
1 . The empalement magnified, 
2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
3. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
4. Seed-bud magnified. 
