ERICA 
spuria. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje muticae, inclusae. Flores in apicibus ramu¬ 
lorum, sub-quaterni. Pedunculi brevissimi, bracteis tribus 
minutis instructi. Corolla sub-cylindrica, pollicaris, laer- 
te purpurea > laciniis sub-ovatis, acutis, revolutis. Folia 
quaterna, linearia, sub-ciliata, subtus sulcata. Caulis 
fruticosus, pedalis, ramosus. Ramuli frequentissimi. 
DESCRIPTIO». 
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers grow at 
the ends of the small branches, mostly by fours. The 
footstalks are very short, with three very small floral 
leaves. Blossom nearly cylindrical, an inch long, and of 
a bright purple. Segments of the border are nearly egg- 
shaped, sharp-pointed, and rolled back. Leaves by fours, 
linear, slightly haired, and furrowed beneath. Stem 
shrubby, a foot high, and branching. The small branches 
are numerous. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from April till August. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 
2. The chives detached from the pointal, one tip magnified. 
3. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
