.ERICA dumosa. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
A nth er je muticae, exsertae. Flores ramos terminant Io 
umbellis. Corolla pendula, urceolata, purpurea. Pe¬ 
dunculi patentes, longi, tenues. Folia ternata, ovata* 
hispida* patentia, margine revoluta, subtus glauca. Caulis 
humilis, fruticosus. Rami numerosi, filiformes. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, without the blossom. Flowers terminate 
the branches in umbels. Blossoms pendulous, pitcher¬ 
shaped, purple. Footstalks spreading, long, and slender. 
Leaves by threes, ovate, hispid, spreading, rolled back at 
the edges, and glaucous beneath. Stem low and shrubby. 
Branches numerous and thread-shaped. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from July till November. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A leaf magnified. 
2. Chives and pointal, summit magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
4. Seed-bud magnified. 
