ERICA Patersonia, coccinea . 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje aristatae, inclusae. Flores in summitate ra¬ 
morum verticillati, recti. Corolla cylindraceo-clavata, 
coccinea, ore arctata, sub-pollicaris. Folia plerumque 
quinata vel sena, erecta, setacea, in petiolos capillares 
deorsum attenuata. Caulis fruticosus, bipedalis $ ramis 
ramulisque erectis, et saepe alternis. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers grow at 
the tops of the branches in whorls, straight out. Blossom 
cylindrical^ club-shaped, of- a scarlet colour, narrowed 
at the mouth, and near an inch long. Leaves chiefly in 
fives or sixes, erect, bristle-shaped, and attenuated down¬ 
wards into capillary footstalks. Stem shrubby^, two feet 
high j the branches and branchlets erect, and often 
alternate. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from April till August. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement magnified. 
2. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 
3. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
