ERICA Salisburia* 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers muticae, sub-inclusae : stylo exerto. Flores 
spicati, conferti, prope apices ramorum : corollis clavatis, 
coccineis, erecto-patentibus : pedunculis coloratis. Folia 
verticillata, sena vel octona, erecta, lanceolata, intus 
plana, exterius sulcata: foliis ad basin angustioribus, 
acuminatis, patentibus. Caulis erectus, tetrapedalis j 
ramis plerumque simplicibus. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, within the blossom : shaft without. 
Flowers grow in crowded spikes near the ends of the 
branches : blossoms club-shaped, and of a scarlet colour, 
between erect and spreading: footstalks coloured. Leaves 
in whorls of six to eight, upright and lance-shaped, flat 
on the inner and furrowed on the outer side : leaves at 
the base of the plant are narrower, pointed, and spread¬ 
ing. Stem upright, four feet high: branches mostly 
simple. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from October till February. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement. 
2. A blossom. 
3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
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