ERICA Patersonia, coccinea.
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.