ERICA primuioides» 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antkeeje muticse, inclusae. Flores sessiles, erecti, 
fastigiati, quaterni et quini, terminales, vix peduncu¬ 
lari. Corolla ventricosa, lucide rubra, ore arctata, quod 
ornatum est in modum primulae: laciniis cordatis, 
expansis, albis, subtus laete rubris. Folia quina, 
linearia, glabra, crassiuscula, erecta, conferta. Caulis 
fiuticosus, spithamaeus, erectus, ramosus. Rami nu¬ 
merosi. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers sit 
close, in upright bunches, by fours and fives, termi¬ 
nating the branches, with scarcely any footstalks. Blos¬ 
som bellied, and of a shining red, narrowed at the 
mouth, which is ornamented like a cowslip. Segments 
of the border are heart-shaped, spreading and white, 
and of a bright red on the under side. Leaves by 
fives, linear, smooth, thickish, upright, and crowded 
together. Stem shrubby, a span high, upright, and 
branching. Branches numerous. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from May till July. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empdlement magnified. 
2. The flower shown from beneath. 
3. Flower of a pale variety. 
4. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
5 . Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
6. The seed-bud magnified. 
