ERICA retorta. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers muticae, inclusae. Flores plures, sub-termi- 
nales, verticillati, viscosi. Pedunculi longi. Corolla 
basi inflata, apice attenuata j ima parte carnea, summa 
saturate purpurea, ore arctata. Folia quaterna, retorta, 
seta terminali aristata, margine ciliata. Caulis fruticosus, 
pedalis, erectus, ramosus. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers are nu¬ 
merous, nearly terminal, in whorls, and clammy. Foot¬ 
stalks long. The blossom is swelled at' the base, and 
tapers to the point j the lower part is of a flesh-colour, 
the upper of a deep purple, and straitened at the mouth. 
Leaves by fours, rolled back, and terminating with an 
awn-like bristle, fringed at the edge. Stem shrubby, 
a foot high, upright, and branching. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from July till October. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A leaf. 
2. The empalement magnified, 
3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
4. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
