ERICA Patersonia, coccinea.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores in summitate ramorum verticillati, recti. Corolla cylindraceo-clavata, coccinea, ore arctata, sub-pollicaris. Folia plerumque quinata vel sena, erecta, setacea, in petiolos capillares deorsum attenuata. Caulis fruticosus, bipedalis; ramis ramulisque erectis, et sæpe alternis.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers grow at the tops of the branches in whorls, straight out. Blossom cylindrically club-shaped, of a scarlet colour, narrowed at the mouth, and near an inch long. Leaves chiefly in fives or sixes, erect, bristle-shaped, and attenuated downwards into capillary footstalks. Stem shrubby, two feet high; the branches and branchlets erect, and often alternate.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from April till August.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement magnified. 2. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 3. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
