ERICA Sainsburyana. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antheris aristatis, inclusis. Flores ramos terminant in 
umbellis. Corolla metulseformis, saturate carnea. Pe¬ 
dunculi longissimi, filiformes, rubri ; bracteis tribus di¬ 
stantibus : calycis foliolis lanceolatis, coloratis, adpressis. 
Folia terna, linearia, longa, petiolis longis adpressis. 
Caulis fruticosus, sesquipedalis : ramis longis, simplicibus, 
adscendentibus. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers teminate 
the branches in umbels. Blossoms skittle-shaped, and of 
a deep flesh-colour. Footstalks very long, thread-shaped, 
and red, with three floral leaves set at a distance on 
them : leaflets of the cup lance-shaped, coloured, and 
pressed to the blossom. Leaves by threes, linear, and 
long; with long footstalks pressed to the stem. Stem 
shrubby, a foot and a half high. Branches long, simple, 
and ascending. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from June till September. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement. 
2. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
S. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
