ERICA tenella. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
A**the$je bicomutae, inclusae. Flores in ramulis tesv 
minales, congesti, capitati, numerosi, sub-erecti. Co~ 
rolla ventricosa, parva, pallide-purpurea, ore parum 
arctata. Folia quaterna, tenuia, linearia, glabra. Caulis 
spithamaeus, erectus, fruticosus. Rami filiformes, virgati, 
patentes. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips two-horned, and within the blossom. Flowers 
terminate the branches in clustered small heads, are 
very numerous, and grow nearly upright. Blossom 
bellied, small, of a pale purple, the mduth a little 
narrowed. Leaves by fours, are thin, linear, and smooth. 
Stem a span high, upright and shrubby. The branche^ 
are thread-shaped, and spreading. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from October till March. 
REFERENCE. 
3. The empaf ement magnified. 
2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
3 Seed-bud and points! magnified. 
