ERICA acula. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje cristatae^ inclusae. Flores in apice omnium 
ramulorumj terni, cernui. Corolla ' urceolata, pur¬ 
purea, nitida. Folia quaterna, subulata, mucronata, 
glabra, erecta. Caulis erectus, pedalis, gracilis. Rami 
pauci j ramuli numerosi, brevi, erecti. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers grow by 
threes at the ends of all the small branches, nodding. 
Blossom pitcher-shaped, purple, and shining. Leaves 
by fours, awl-shaped, sharp-pointed, smooth, and up¬ 
right. Stem upright, a foot high, slender. Branches 
few 5 the small branches numerous, short, and upright. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from May till July. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A leaf magnified. 
2. The empalement magnified. 
3. A blossom. 
4. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
5. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
