ERICA Banksia, purpurea. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers muticas, exertae, longissimas. Flores in ul¬ 
timis ramulis terni, cernui3 pedunculis brevissimis. 
Perianthium duplex5 exterius triphyllum, interius tetra- 
phyllum 5 foliolis lanceolatis, rigidis. Corolla cylindrica, 
luteolo-alba : oris laciniis patentibus, saturate purpureis. 
Folia terna, subulata, trigona, lucida. Frutex pygmaeus, 
sub-spithamasus, rigidus, ramosissimus. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, without tire blossom, and very long. 
Flowers grow by threes at the ends of the small branches, 
nodding 3 with very short footstalks. Cup double 3 the 
outer three-leaved, the inner four-leaved. The leaflets 
are lance-shaped, and harsh. Blossom cylindrical, of a 
yellowish white. The segments of the border are spread¬ 
ing, and of a deep purple. Leaves by threes, awl- 
shaped, three-sided, and shining. A dwarf shrub, scarce 
a span high, harsh, and much branched. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
I 11 bloom from August till Octpber. 
PREFERENCE. 
1. The empalement magnified, 
2: A blossom. 
3. ' The chives. 
4. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
5. Seed-bud magnified. 
