ERICA quadriflora. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje cristatae, inclusae, stylo incluso. Corolla 
globosa, purpurea, cernua, glabra. Flores ramulorum 
quaterni, calyce reflexo. Folia quaterna, linearia, ci¬ 
liata, flaccida. Caulis debilis, sesquipedalis. Rami 
plurimi, virgati. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips crested, within the blossom, shaft included. 
Flowers globular, purple, nodding, and smooth. 
Flowers grow by fours, at the ends of the small 
branches. Cup reflexed. Leaves by fours, linear, 
fringed and flaccid. Stem weak, a foot and a half 
high. Branches numerous and twiggy. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from June till August. 
REFERENCE. 
I. The empalement magnified. 
The chives and pointal, summit magnified. 
3. A chive magnified. 
4. The seed-bud magnified. 
