ERICA pellucida, rubra.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ: stylo exerto. Flores in ramis terminalibus, simplices vel quaterni, cernui: corolla clavata, curvata, rubella. Folia quaterna, horizontaliter patentia, brevia, sub-linearia, obtusa: marginibus hispidis. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis et ultra: ramis numerosis filiformibus.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, within the blossom: shaft without. Flowers terminate the branches in one to four flowers, nodding: blossom club-shaped, curved, and of a reddish colour. Leaves grow by fours, horizontally, spreading, short, nearly linear, obtuse, with hispid edges. Stem shrubby, a foot or more high: branches numerous and thread-shaped.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from August till November.
REFERENCE.
1. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 2. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 3. Intermediate flower varieties.
