ERICA refulgens.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ: stylo exserto. Flores ramulos terminant, plerumque quaterni, cernui. Corolla cylindracea, lucida, ima parte læte rubra, apice viridi. Folia quaterna, linearia, longa, patenti-adscendentia. Caulis erectus, sesquipedalis. Ramuli numerosi.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, within the blossom: shaft without. Flowers terminate the small branches, mostly by fours, nodding. Blossom cylindrical and shining, the lower part of a bright red colour, the mouth green. Leaves by fours, linear, long, and between spreading and ascending. Stem erect, a foot and a half high. Branches numerous.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from July till October.
REFERENCE.
1. Empalement. 2. A chive, the tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 4. Blossom of a smaller-flowered variety.
