ERICA filamentosa. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anther^e muticae, inclusae. Flores axillares sub apice 
ramorum, verticillati, numerosi. Pedunculi longissimi. 
Corolla tubuloso-campanulata, purpurea. Folia sena, tre- 
mulantia, linearia, tenuia. Caulis erectus, sesquipedalis. 
Hami simplices, verticillati. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tip sbeardless, within the blossom. Flowers grow 
from the insertion of the leaves near the ends of the 
branches in whorls, and numerous. The footstalks very 
long. Blossom tubularly bell-shaped and purple. Leaves 
by sixes, tremulous, linear and slender. Stem upright, a 
foot and a half high. Branches simple and in whorls. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from November till April 
REFERENCE. 
I. The empalement and floral leaves. 
a. The chives detached, one tip magnified. 
S. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
4. The seed-bud magnified. 
