ERICA ramefitacea. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Aktherje, cristatae, inclusae. Flores plures, termi¬ 
nales, umbellati, confertis Pedunculi pui*purei, lon¬ 
gissimi. Corolla globosa, rubro-purpurea, ore contracto, 
laciniis minutis, reflexis. Folia quaterna, linearia, glabra. 
Caulis erectus, spithamaeus, ramosissimus. Fami et ra¬ 
muli filiformes, divaricato-patentes. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers nu¬ 
merous, terminating the branches in close bunches. The 
footstalks are purple, and very long. Blossom globular, 
of a reddish purple, contracted at the mouth, the seg¬ 
ments of which are very small, and rolled back. Leaves 
by fours, linear, and smooth. Stem upright, a span 
high, and very much branched. The large and small 
branches are thread-shaped, and spread in various di- 
see tions. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from August till December. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement magnified. 
2. The chives and pointal, one' tip magnified. 
3. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified 5 
