ERICA mammosa. 
DESCRIPTIO» 
Anthers aristatse, inclusae. Flores sub-terminales, 
conferti, vertiqillati, penduli, spicam longam formantes» 
Pedunculi longissimi. Corolla ventricoso-cylindracea, 
apice attenuata, ad basin constricta, profunde purpurea 5 
laciniis minutis, erectis. Folia quaterna, linearia, erecta, 
patentia. Caulis fruticosus, erectus, sesquipedalis. Rami 
verticillati, erecti. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers nearly 
terminal, in crowded whorls, hanging down, and form¬ 
ing a long spike. Footstalks very long. Blossom of a 
swelled cylinder-shape, tapered at the end, and pinched 
in at the base, of a deep purple colour. The segments 
of the border are very small, and upright. Leaves by 
fours, linear, erect, and spreading. Stem shrubby, up¬ 
right, a foot and a half high. The branches are whorled 
and upright. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from July till November, 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement magnified. 
2. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
3» Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
