ERICA refulgens. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers muticae, inclusae: stylo exserto. Flores 
ramulos terminant, plerumque quaterni, cernui. Co¬ 
rolla cylindracea, lucida, ima parte laete rubra, apice vi¬ 
ridi. Folia quaterna, linearia, longa, patenti-adscen- 
dentia. Caulis erectus, sesquipedalis. Ramuli numerosi. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, within the blossom: shaft without. 
Flowers terminate the small branches, mostly by fours, 
nodding. Blossom cylindrical and shining, the lower 
part of a bright red colour, the mouth green. Leaves by 
fours, linear, long, and between spreading and ascend¬ 
ing. Stem erect, a foot and a half high. Branches 
numerous. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from July till October. 
REFERENCE. 
1. Empalement. 
2. A chive, the tip magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
4. Blossom of a smaller-flowered variety. 
