ERICA glandulosa. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers muticae, inclusae. Flores terminales, ura» 
bellati, cernui, 4 —6 in singula umbella. Corolla ovata, 
nitida, purpurea, laciniis subrotundis, erectis. Calyx 
tetraphyllus, foliolis inaequalibus purpureis, pilis glan- 
duliferis ciliatis. Folia quaterna, expansa, pilis apice 
glandulosis ciliata. Caulis fruticosus, sub-pedalis, flexuo¬ 
sus. Rami et ramuli numerosi. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers termi¬ 
nal, umbelled, nodding, from 4 to 6 in each umbel. 
Blossom egg-shaped, shining, purple, with roundish 
erect, segments. Cup four-leaved, with unequal purple 
leaflets edged with gland-bearing hairs. Leaves in fours, 
expanded, edged with hairs which are glandular at the 
points. Stem shrubby, near a foot high, flexuose. The 
large and small branches are numerous. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from May till January. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A leaf magnified. 
2. The empalement magnified. 
3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
