ERICA rubens.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores terminales, in umbellis nutantibus vel cernuis 3-8-floris. Pedunculi longiusculi. Corolla late ovata, rubro-purpurea. Folia quaterna, erecta, linearia, glabra. Caulis fruticosus, sub-erectus, ramis patentibus, vel subinde pendulis.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers terminal, in nodding or cernuous umbels of from 3 to 8 flowers. The peduncles longish. Blossom broad egg-shaped, and of a red purple. Leaves by fours, upright, linear, smooth. Stem shrubby, nearly upright. Branches spreading, or sometimes nodding.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from June till September.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement magnified. 2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 4. The seed-bud magnified.
