ERICA glauca. 
DESCRIPTIO, 
Anthers cristatae^ inclusae. Flores terminales, um- 
bellati, nutantes. Pedunculi longissimi, colorati. Co¬ 
rolla sub-conica, atro-purpurea, ore arctata. Folia terna, 
acuta, patentia, glabra, carnosa, glauca. Caulis erectus, 
fragilis, bipedalis. Rami erecti, longi, sub-simplices. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers termi« 
nate the branches in bunches, nodding. The footstalks 
are very long, and coloured. Blossom nearly conical, 
dark purple, and narrowed at the mouth. Leaves by 
threes, linear-pointed, and spreading, smooth, fleshy, 
and of a sea-green colour. Stem upright, brittle, two 
feet high. The branches are upright and long, with 
few small branches. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope, 
In bloom from May till July. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement and floral leaves. 
2. The chives detached from the pointal. 
3. A chive magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
