ERICA Thunbergigu 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers muticae, inclusae. Flores prope apices ramu¬ 
lorum, pedunculis longissimis: corollis campanulatis : 
laciniis cordatis, laete coccineis, ad basin globosis, luteis. 
Folia ternata, linearia, erecta, obtusa. Caulis sesquipeda¬ 
lis, erectus, ramis filiformibus virgatis. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers grow 
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near the ends of the branches. Footstalks very long. 
Blossoms bell-shaped. Segments of the border are heart- 
shaped, and of a bright scarlet, globular beneath, and 
yellow. Leaves by threes, linear, upright, and blunt- 
ended. Stem a foot and a half high, upright. Branches 
thread-shaped and twiggy. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from February till June. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement. 
2. A blossom. 
3. A chive magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and pointal. 
