ERICA dioseroides. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers cristatae, inclusae. Corolla ventricosa, laete 
purpurea, costata, viscosa, pubescens j ore obliqua, arc¬ 
tata, profunde sanguinea; pedunculi longissimi. Folia 
alterna, sparsa, obtusa, apice reflexa, pilis glandulosis 
micantibus hirta. Caulis erectus, spithamaeus. Rami 
filiformes, sparsi, erecto-patentes, virgati. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips crested, within the blossom, which is bellied, 
bright purple, ribbed, clammy, and downy,- with 
the mouth oblique, narrowed, and of a deep blood 
colour; foot-stalks very long. Leaves alternate, scat¬ 
tered and blunt, the end reflexed, and tliick with 
shining glandular hairs. Stem upright, a span high. 
Branches thread-shaped, scattered, upright, spreading, 
and twiggy. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from July till October. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 
2. The chives detached from the pointal, one tip magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
