ERICA ignescens.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, sub-exsertæ. Flores terminales, solitarii; pedunculis fere nullis. Corolla clavata, tomentosa, ad basin gibbosa, rubro-coccinea. Folia quaterna, linearia, glabra. Caulis erectus, sesquipedalis. Ramuli virgati, filiformes, numerosi.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers terminal, solitary; scarcely any foot-stalks. Blossom club-shaped, downy, gouty at the base, and of a red-scarlet colour. Leaves by fours, linear, and smooth. Stem upright, a foot and a half high. The branches are twiggy, thread-shaped, and numerous.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from March till June.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 4. The seed-bud magnified.
