ERICA vernix, longiflora. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje cristatae, inclusae : flores plerumque ternati: 
corolla urceolata, glutinosissima, et lucida, colore au-* 
reo rubro tincto : limbo saturate viridi 5 laciniis erectis : 
folia ternata, sub-trigona, supra plana, subtus sulco ex¬ 
arata : caulis erectus, pedalis et ultra: ramulis ternis, 
verticillatis. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips crested, within the blossom : flowers mostly by 
threes: blossom pitcher-shaped, very glutinous and 
shining, of a gold colour tinged with red, and the bor¬ 
der of a deep green 5 segment of the border upright : 
leaves by threes, nearly three-sided, flat on their upper 
surface, and deeply furrowed beneath : stem upright, a 
foot or more high : the smaller branches grow by threes 
in whorls. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from April till June. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement. 
2. A chive magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
