ERICA Russeliana. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers muticae, inclusae. Flores in apicibus ramorum, 
plerumque terni, cernui. Corolla urceolata, rubra : la¬ 
ciniis oris patentibus, cordatis, carneis, acutis. Pedun¬ 
culi rubri, longi: bracteis tribus minoribus instructi. 
Folia quaterna, trigona, leviter curvata, acuta, lucida. 
Caulis sesquipedalis, virgatus, flexuosus. Ramuli erecto- 
patentes. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers terminate 
the branches, mostly by threes, nodding. Blossom 
pitcher-shaped, and red: segments of the border spread¬ 
ing out, heart-shaped, flesh-coloured, and pointed. Foot¬ 
stalks red, long, furnished with three small floral leaves. 
Leaves by fours, three-sided, slightly curved, pointed 
and shining. Stem a foot and a half high, twiggy, and 
flexuose. Branches between erect and spreading. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom early in Summer, and again in Autumn. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A leaf magnified. 
2. A chive, one tip magnified. 
3. The chives and pointal, summit magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
