ERICA baccans. 
DESCRIPTION, 
Anthers cristatas, inclusae. Flores terminales, sub- 
quaterni, umbellati, nutantes. Pedunculi longi, purpurei, 
bracteis tribus instructi. Corolla globosa, purpurea, 
ima quadrata; laciniis aequalibus, erectis. Folia quaterna, 
glauca, incurvata* subtus sulcata. Caulis fruticosus, 
erectus, sesquipedalis, ramosissimus. Rami erecti, 
torti. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers grow at 
the ends of the branches, mostly by fours, in bunches, 
and nodding. The footstalks are long, and purple, hav¬ 
ing three floral leaves. Blossom globular, purple, and 
squared at the base : the segments of the border are 
equal and upright. Leaves by fours, of a whitish green, 
turned inwards, and furrowed beneath. Stem shrubby, 
upright, a foot and a half high, very branching. The 
branches are upright, and twisted. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from April till July. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 
2. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 
3. Seed-hud and pointal magnified. 
