ERICA lateralis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anther.® cristatae,, inclusae. Flores ad apices ramorum 
ramulorumque umbellati, cernui., secundi, purpurei» 
Pedunculi longi, colorati. Corolla sub-campanulata, ad 
basin plana, purpurea : laciniis limbi obtusis, sub-erectis. 
Folia quaterna, linearia, obtusa, erecta. Caulis fruti¬ 
cosus, erectus, pedalis, ramosus. Rami et ramuli 
virgati. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers grow in um¬ 
bels at the ends of the larger and smaller branches, nodding, 
all pointing one way, purple. The footstalks are long, 
and coloured. Blossom nearly bell-shaped,the lower part 
flat and purple. The segments of the border are obtuse, 
and nearly erect. Leaves by fours, linear, blunt, and 
upright. Stem shrubby, upright, a foot high, and 
branching. The smaller and larger branches are twiggy. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from August till December. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement magnified. 
2. A blossom. 
S. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and pointal, magnified. 
