ERICA plumosa. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers aristatacj inclusae. Flores axillares, verti- 
cillati, siib-solitarii, cemui. Corolla urceolata, glabra, 
purpurea. Folia quaterna, obtusa, villosa, patentia, 
linearia. Caulis fruticosus, flexuosus, pedalis. Rami 
et ramuli filiformes. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers grow 
from the insertion of the leaves, whorled, mostly soli¬ 
tary, and nodding. Blossom pitcher-shaped, smooth, 
and purple. Leaves by fours, blunt, hairy, linear, and 
spreading. Stem shrubby, and taking various directions, 
a foot high. The large and small branches are thread- 
shaped. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope, 
la bloom from lilarch till July. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A leaf magnified. 
2, The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 
S. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
4. The seed-bud and polntai, summit magnified. 
5. The seed-bud magnified. . , 
