ERICA rupestris, rubra . 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers cristatae, inclusae; flores ad apicem ra¬ 
morum ramulorumque in umbellis irregularibus, cer¬ 
nuis; corolla campanulata, rubra; oriis laciniis paten¬ 
tibus ; folia ternata, crassa, obtusa recta; caulis erectus 
sesquipedalis ; ramis plerumque ternis, ad basin pa¬ 
tentibus, superne adscendentibus. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips crested, within the blossom; flowers grow at 
the ends of the larger and smaller branches, in irre¬ 
gular umbells, nodding all one way; blossom bell-shap¬ 
ed and red ; segments of the border spreading; leaves 
by threes, thick, blunt and straight; stem upright, a 
foot and a half high; branches mostly by threes, hanging 
down at the base of the plant, in the middle spreading 
out, and ascending towards the top. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from February till November. 
REFERENCES. 
1. The Empalement. 
2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
