ERICA pinifolia coccinea. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Erica, antheris muticis inclusis, floribus dense ver- 
ticillatis tubulosis, foliis confertis subsenis in- 
Heath, with beardless tips within the blossom, 
flowers densely whorled tubular, leaves crowded 
curvis. 
chiefly in sixes and incurved. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
DESCRIPTION. 
CauEis fruticosus, brevis, robustus, paululum 
flexuosus, cicatricibus foliorum asper; rami foliis 
dense tecti, numerosi, subverticillati, patentes, atque 
expansi, apicibus adscendentibus. 
Stem shrubby, short, stout, a little flexuose, 
rough with the cicatrices of the leaves; the branches 
densely covered with leaves, numerous, whorled, 
spreading, and expanded, with ascending points. 
Folia plerumque sena, perconferta, linearia, sub- 
uncialia, lente obsolete pubescentia, subtus sulcata, 
seniora recurva, sed post medium incurvo-adscen- 
dentia, et inde ssepe hamata; petiolis adpressis. 
Leaves chiefly in sixes, very crowded, linear, 
about an inch long, obscurely pubescent when mag¬ 
nified, furrowed beneath ; the older ones, recurved, 
but beyond the middle incurvedly ascending, and 
thence often hook-shaped ; with footstalks pressed 
to the branches. 
Flores verticillatim spicati, conferti, nutantes, 
coccinei; pedunculi sesquilineares, pubescentes, ir- 
regulariter bracteati. 
Flowers verticillately spiked, crowded, nod¬ 
ding, scarlet; peduncles a line and a half long, 
pubescent, and irregularly bracteated. 
Calyx tetraphyllus, foliolis lineari-subulatis, 
valde pubescentibus, adpressis. 
Empalement four-leaved, the little leaves linear- 
awl-shaped, very pubescent, and pressed to the blos¬ 
som. 
Corolla tubulosa, apicem versus paululum re- 
curvula, laciniis revolutis obtusis, obsoletissime cre- 
nulatis. 
Blossom tubular, slightly recurved towards the 
point, with segments rolled back, blunt, and very 
obsoletely crenulated. 
Stamina octo, capillaria, antheris sub-inclusis, 
muticis. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, with the tips 
just with the blossom, beardless. 
Pistillum. Germen tiarseforme, superne dila- 
tatum, lanatum 5 stylus filiformis, sub-exclusus, an- 
theras paulo superans ; stigma tetragonum. 
Pointal. Seed-bud turban-shaped, dilated above, 
woolly ; shaft thread-shaped, just without the blos¬ 
som, a little higher than the tips; summit four- 
cornered. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Floret a mense Maii in Aprilem. 
Flowers from May till April. 
REFERENTIA. 
REFERENCE. 
1. Calyx cum pedunculo lente auctus. 
1. The Calyx with the footstalk magnified.' 
2. Flos. 
2. A Flower. 
3 . Stamina, et Pistillum. 
3 . The Chives, and Pointal. 
4. Idem expansa, anthera unica lente aucta. 
4 . The same expanded, with one tip magnified. 
5 . Pistillum diductum, stigmate lente aucto. 
5 . The Pointal detached, with the summit mag¬ 
nified. 
6. Germen lente auctum. 
6. The Seed-bud magnified. 
