ERICA pinifolia 
coccinea. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
. Anther je muticae,, inclusae. Flores verticillati, con¬ 
ferti, patentes. Corolla tubulosa, coccinea j laciniis re¬ 
volutis, tenuiter crenulatis. Folia sena, conferta, incur¬ 
vata, et patentia. Caulis fruticosus, semi-pedalis, ro¬ 
bustus. Rami foliis dense tecti. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers in 
crowded whorls, and spreading. Blossom tubular, of a 
scarlet colour: the segments of the border are rolled, 
back, and slightly notched. Leaves by sixes, crowded, 
turned inward, and spreading. Stem shrubby, half a 
foot high, stout. Branches thickly covered with leaves. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from May till April. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement magnified. 
2. The chives expanded, one tip magnified. 
3. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified 
4. Seed-bud magnified. 
