ERICA formosa, bicolor.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, sub-inclusæ. Flores sub apicibus ramorum, verticillati, axillares, et horizontales. Corolla clavata, longa, parum curvata, ad basin rubra, apice flava. Folia sub-sena, linearia, obtusa, patentia. Caulis erectus, sesquipedalis. Rami pauci.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, and just within the blossom. Flowers grow near the ends of the branches, in whorls, from the axillæ of the leaves, in a horizontal direction. Blossom club-shaped, long, and slightly curved, red at the base, and yellow at the end. Leaves nearly by sixes, linear, blunt, and spreading. Stem upright, a foot and a half high. Branches few.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from July till October.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement. 2. Chives and pointal. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
