ERICA purpurea» 
DESCRIPTIO» 
Antherje muticae, exertae. Flores verticillati, sub- 
terminales. Corolla tubulosa, purpurea, nitida, ad basin 
incurvata, apicem versus sensim dilatata. Folia sena, 
linearia, patentia, supra plana, subtus revoluta, acuta, 
rigida. Caulis fruticosus, erectus, bipedalis, ad basin sim¬ 
plicissimus, dein verticillatim ramosus, ramis simplicibus, 
adscendentibus. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, without the blossom. Flowers grow 
in whorls, nearly at the top of the branches. Blossom 
tubular, purple, and shining, incurved at the base, and 
gradually widening towards the mouth. Leaves by 
sixes, linear, and spreading, plain on their upper, and 
rolled back on their under surface, sharp-pointed, and 
rigid. Stem shrubby, upright, two feet high, quite 
entire at the base, then throws out a number of simple 
ascending branches. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from July till December. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement magnified, 
2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
3. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
