ERICA vestita fulgida 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 1 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Erica, antheris muticis subexertis, corollis cla- 
vatis pollicaribus saturate et laete rubris, foliis senis 
setaceis, in petioios capillares deorsum attenuatis. 
Heath, with beardless tips just without the blos¬ 
som; blossoms club-shaped, an inch long, deep bright 
red; leaves in sixes, bristle-shaped, and attenuated 
downwards into capillary foot-stalks. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
DESCRIPTION - . 
Caulis fruticosus, tripedalis, ramosus, ramis 
plerumque erectis, subsimplicibus. 
Stem shrubby, three feet high, with the branches 
mosdy erect and simple. 
Folia plerumque sena, setacea, deorsum in pe¬ 
tioios capillares attenuata, et inde tremulentia, sub- 
tus sulcata. 
Leaves chiefly in sixes, bristle-shaped, atte¬ 
nuated downwards into capillary foot-stalks, and 
thence tremulous, and furrowed beneath. 
Flores supra medium ramorum, conferti, nu- 
merosi, patuli, pedunculis brevibus, bracteis tribus 
instructis. 
Flowers above the middle of the branches, 
crowded, numerous, patulous, with short peduncles, 
furnished with three floral leaves. 
Corolla uncialis et ultra, clavata, laete et satu¬ 
Blossom above an inch long, club-shaped, of a 
rate rubra. 
deep bright red colour. 
Calyx tetraphyllus, foliolis ovatis, et longis- 
sime acuminatis. 
Empalement four-leaved, with the leaflets ovate, 
and very much acuminated. 
Stamina octo, capillaria, receptaculo affixa, an- 
tlieris muticis, paulo exertis. 
Chives eight hair-like threads, affixed to the 
receptacle, with the tips beardless, and just without 
the blossom. 
Pistillum. Gernlen tiaraeforme ; stylus filifor- 
mis, exertus ; stigma tetragonum. 
Point al. Seed-bud turban-shaped; shaft thread¬ 
shaped, without the blossom; summit four-cornered. 
Habitat ad Caput Bona; Spei. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Floret a mense Junio ad Septembrem. 
Flowers from the month of June till September. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Folium. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A Leaf. 
2. Calyx lente auctus. 
2. The Empalement magnified. 
3 . Calyx et Corolla. 
3. The Empalement and Blossom. 
4. Stamina diducta, anthera unica lente aucta. 
4. The Chives detached, with one tip magnified. 
5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
5 . The Seed-bud and Pointal, with the summit 
magnified. 
6, Germen lente auctum. 
6. The Seed-bud magnified. 
