ERICA squamosa. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje cristatae, inclusae. Flores terminales, um- 
bellati, terni vel seni in singula umbella, cernui. Calyx 
squamosus, ovatus, carinatus, albicans. Corolla globosa, 
purpurea , laciniis aequalibus, patentibus. Folia qua¬ 
terna, glabra, obtusa, subtus sulcata, margine serrulata. 
Caulis fruticosus, erectus, sesquipedalis, ramosus. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers termi¬ 
nate the branches in umbels of from 3 to 6 in each 
umbel, nodding. Cup scaly, ovate, keeled, and whitish. 
Blossom globular, and purple; the segments are equal 
and spreading. Leaves by fours, smooth, obtuse, fur¬ 
rowed beneath, and slightly sawed at their edges. Stem 
shrubby, upright, a foot and a half high, and branching. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from April till July. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 
2. A blossom. 
3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
4. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
5. A branch with the involucrum of the flowers. 
