ERICA lucida» 
DESCRIPTIO» 
Antherje cristatae, sub~inclusae. Flores terminales, ia 
umbellis tritioris. Pedunculi breves» Perianthium te» 
traphyllum, foliolis lato-ovatis, acutis, ciliatisque. Co¬ 
rolla breviter campanulata, laciniis patulis, pallide car¬ 
neis et lucidis» Folia ternata, subulata, erecta, lucida» 
Caulis fruticosus, strictus, gracilis, bipedalis» Rami 
plerumque ternati, erecto-patentes. 
DESCRIPTION» 
Tips crested, just within the blossom. Flowers ter¬ 
minal, in three-flowered umbels. Footstalks short. Cup 
four-leaved : leaflets broadly egg-shaped, sharp-pointed, 
and ciliated. Blossom shortly bell-shaped, with spreading 
segments of a pale shining flesh-colour. Leaves by 
threes, awl-shaped, upright, and shining. Stem shrubby, 
upright, slender, and two feet high. Branches mostly 
by threes, between erect and spreading. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from April till June. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement magnified, 
2. A blossom magnified. 
3. The chives and pointal, magnified. 
4. The seed-bud and pointal, magnified. 
