ERICA Massonia. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje muticae, inclusae. Flores sub-terminales, 
verticillis simplicibus, cernuo-patentibus. Corolla sub- 
cylindracea, micans, viscosa, colore rubro, luteo, et viridi, 
quam speciosissime imbuta. Folia sub-quaterna, pilis 
longis vestita. Caulis fruticosus, erectus, bipedalis, ad 
basin simplex, dein ramosus $ rami sub-erecti, foliis 
omnino tecti. 
DESCRIPTION". 
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers 
nearly terminal in simple whorls, bending down, and 
spreading. Blossom nearly cylindrical, shining, clammy, 
and most beautifully coloured with red, yellow, and 
green. Leaves mostly by fours, clothed with long hairs. 
Stem shrubby, upright, two feet high, simple at the 
base, then branching, the branches nearly upright, and 
quite covered by the leaves. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from April till August. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement magnified. 
2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
S Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
