ERICA coccinea.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, sub-inclusæ. Flores in summitate ramorum verticillati, conferti. Pedunculi brevissimi, bracteis calyciformibus. Corolla clavata, curvata, sanguinea. Folia sena, acuta, sub-glauca. Caulis erectus, pedalis. Rami verticillati, erecto-patentes, raro ramulosi.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, just within the blossom. Flowers grow in close whorls at the top of the branches. The footstalks are very short, the floral leaves appearing like a second cup. Blossom club-shaped, curved, and of a blood colour. Leaves by sixes, sharp-pointed, and of a blueish green. Stem upright, a foot high. The branches grow in whorls, upright and spreading, seldom branching.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from August till December.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement magnified. 2. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 3. The shaft and its summit magnified.
