ERICA patens. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anther.® muticae, sub-inclusae. Flores in apice ra¬ 
mulorum, terni. Pedunculi breves. Corolla campanu- 
lata, purpurea 5 laciniis ovatis, concavis, maximis, ex¬ 
pansis. Folia terna, ovalia, concava, glandulosa, obtusa, 
patentia j petiolis brevissimis adpressis. Caulis frutico¬ 
sus, erectus, bipedalis. Rami et ramuli numerosi, verti- 
cillati, virgati, patentes. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, just within the blossom. Flowers ter¬ 
minate the small branches, by threes. Footstalks short. 
Blossom bell-shaped, and purple. The segments of 
the border are oval, concave, very large, and spreading. 
Leaves by threes, oval, concave, glandular, blunt, and 
spreading 5 with very short footstalks pressed to the 
branches. Stem shrubby, upright, two feet high. The 
large and small branches are numerous, whorled, 
twiggy, and spreading. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from February till June. 
REFERENCE. 
3. A leaf magnified. 
2. The empalement magnified. 
3. The chives and pointal, magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and pointal, magnified. 
