ERICA umbellata. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje muticae, exertae. Flores umbellati, termi¬ 
nales, tres ad decern in singula umbella. Calyx duplex, 
adpressusj exterior triphyllus, et minor. Corolla globoso- 
conica, pallide rubro-purpurea, laciniis erectis. Folia 
ternata, parva, linearia, obtusa. Caulis fruticosus, flexu- 
oso-erectus 5 ramulis filiformibus, patulis. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, without the blossom. Flowers um- 
belled and terminal, from three to ten in each umbel. 
Empalement double, pressed to the blossom 5 the outer 
one three-leaved, and smaller. Blossom globosely cone- 
shaped, of a pale red purple, with the segments erect. 
Leaves in threes, small, linear, and blunt. Stem shrubby, 
flexuosely erect 5 the branches thread-shaped, and a 
little spreading. 
Native of Portugal. 
In bloom from April till July* 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement magnified. 
2. The seed-bud, chives, and pointal, magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
4. The seed-bud magnified. 
