-ERICA obliqua. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anther.®: ad basin bicornu tae, inclusae. Flores nume¬ 
rosi, ovati, purpurei, ad apices ramorum umbellati 5 
pedunculis flore triplo longioribus, coloratis, viscidis. 
Folia sparsa, obliqua, truncata; petiolis tenuissimis. 
Caulis fruticosus, pedalis. Rami simplices, longi, fili¬ 
formes. 
DESCRIPTION. 
.Tips two-horned at the base, and within the blossom. 
Flowers numerous, egg-shaped, purple, growing in um¬ 
bels at the ends of the branches. Foot-stalks thrice the 
length of the flowers, coloured and clammy. Leaves 
obliquely scattered, seeming cut off at the ends, and 
with very slender foot-stalks. Stem shrubby, a foot 
high. The branches simple, long, and thread-shaped. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from August till December. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement magnified. 
2. The seed-bud, chives and pointaL 
3. A chive magnified. 
4. The seed-bud and pointal magnified. 
