ERICA laxa. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers cristate., inclusae. Flores parvi, saepius ter- 
nati, in fasciculis terminalibus efc lateralibus. Pedunculi 
brevissimi. Calyx duplex, coloratus, imbricatus. Co*» 
rolls urceolata, superne rosea, laciniis patulis. Folia 
te mata, erecta, obtusa, minutim ciliata, subtus sulcata. 
Caulis fruticosus, ramosus. Rami obsolete verticillati, 
graciles, flexuosi, cortice ferrugineo-fusco. 
DESCRIPTIONE 
Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers small, 
chiefly in threes, in terminal and lateral branches. Foot¬ 
stalks very short. Empalement double, coloured, and tiled. 
Blossom pitcher-shaped, rose-coloured above, with slightly 
spreading segments. Leaves in threes, upright, blunt, 
minutely ciliated, and furrowed beneath. Stem shrubby, 
branching. Branches obscurely whorled, slender, and., 
flexuose, with a rusty brown bark. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from September till February. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A leaf magnified. 
2. The empalement magnified. 
3. A blossom. 
4. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
5 . Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
