ERICA stricta» 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anther.® cristatae,, inclusae. Flores terminales, um¬ 
bellate cernui.* umbellae 6-ad 12-florae. Corolla sub- 
ovata, glabra, purpurea, ore arctata ) laciniis minutis, 
reflexis. Folia quaterna, glabra, obtusa, horizontaliter 
patentia. Caulis erectus, fruticosus, sesquipedalis. 
Kami erecti, rigidi) ramulis verticillatis. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips crested, and within the blossom. Flowers ter¬ 
minate the branches in umbels, nodding. Umbels from 
6 to 12 flowers. Blossom nearly egg-shaped, smooth, 
and purple j narrowed at the mouth, with the segments 
small and reflexed. Leaves by fours, smooth, blunt, 
and horizontally spreading. Stem upright, shrubby, a 
foot and a half high. Branches upright, and strict) the 
small branches in whorls. 
Native of Portugal. 
In bloom from August till November. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement magnified. 
2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
4. Seed-bud magnified. 
