ERICA Uhria. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje aristatae, sub-exertae j stylo exerto, apice 
curvato. Flores terminales, solitarii, racemum forman¬ 
tes in apicibus ramorum. Corolla tubuloso-clavata, san¬ 
guinea, apice virescens, viscosa 5 laciniis limbi erectis. 
Folia terna, linearia, glabra, erecto-patentia. Caulis fru¬ 
ticosus, bipedalis. Rami pauci j ramuli numerosi. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips bearded, just without the blossom. Shaft with¬ 
out, and Curved at the end. Flowers terminate the 
small branches, grow solitary, forming a long bunch 
near the tops of the branches. Blossom tubularly club- 
shaped, of a blood colour, green at the end, and 
clammy. The segments of the border are upright. 
Leaves by threes, linear, smooth, and between erect 
and spreading. Stem shrubby, two feet high. The 
larger branches are few 5 the smaller ones numerous. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from August till September* 
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. 
