ERICA formosa.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, sub-exertæ. Flores in apicibus ramorum, verticillati, axillares, ad interpositionem foliorum, horizontals, sub-spicati. Corolla clavata, pollicaris, parum curvata, glabra, coccinea; oris laciniis expansis, maximis, sub-recurvis. Folia sub-sena, linearia, glabra, rigida, acuta, patentia, parum curvata. Caulis fruticosus, erectus. Rami verticillati, erecti.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, and just without the blossom. Flowers grow in whorls, at the tops of the branches, close to the stem, at the insertion of the leaves, horizontally, and rather in a spike. Blossom club-shaped, an inch long, a little curved, smooth, and of a scarlet colour. The segments of the border are spread out, very large, and a little turned back. Leaves mostly in sixes, linear, smooth, harsh, sharp-pointed, spreading, and a little curved. Stem shrubby, upright. The branches grow in whorls, and upright.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from August till December.