ERICA rugosa. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anther je bicornes, subexsertse. Flores subterminales. 
Corolla clavata, patens, rugosa, saturate rubra : oris laci¬ 
niis patentibus. Pedunculi longi. Folia irregulariter ver- 
ticillata 3 vel 5, linearia, patentia, parum curvata : petio¬ 
lis longis. Caulis erectus, sub-bipedalis, ramis verticillatis. 
DESCRIETION. 
Tips two-horned, just without the blossom. Flowers 
nearly terminal. Blossom club-shaped, spreading, wrink¬ 
ly, and of a deep red colour: segments of the border 
spreading. Footstalks long. Leaves in irregular whorls of 
3 to 5, linear, spreading, and slightly curved. Footstalks 
long. Stem upright, near two feet high. Branches in 
whorls. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from June till August. 
REFERENCE. 
1. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
2. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
