ERICA pellucida 3 rubra . 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherjs muticse, inclusae : stylo exerto. Flores in ramis 
terminalibus, simplices vel quaterni, cernui: corolla cla¬ 
vata, curvata, rubella. Folia quaterna, horizontaliter 
patentia, brevia, sub-linearia, obtusa: marginibus hispidis. 
Caulis fruticosus, pedalis et ultra: ramis numerosis fili¬ 
formibus. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, within the blossom : shaft without. 
Flowers terminate the branches in one to four flowers, 
nodding : blossom club-shaped, curved, and of a reddish 
colour. Leaves grow by fours, horizontally, spreading, 
short, nearly linear, obtuse, with hispid edges. Stem 
shrubby, a foot or more high : branches numerous and 
thread-shaped. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from August till November. 
REFERENCE.. 
1. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
2. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
3. Intermediate flower varieties. 
