ERICA Coventrya 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers muticae, inclusae; flores sessiles, fascicu- 
lates terminales; corollis ventricosus rubris; laciniis 
cordatis expansis, albis, subtus laete rubris; folia ple¬ 
rumque quaternae, linearia; caulis humilis, fruticosus; 
ramuli numerosi. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, within the blossom; flowers sessile, 
in terminal bunches; blossom bellied, and red; seg¬ 
ments of the border, are heart-shaped, spreading and 
white, of a bright red on the under side; leaves mostly 
by fours, linear; stem low and shrubby, with nume¬ 
rous small branches. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from July till September. 
REFERENCES. 
1. The empalement, magnified. 
2. The chives and pointal. 
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified- 
