ERICA perspicua. 
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DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje muticae, inclusae. Flores ramos termi¬ 
nant, plerumque terni. Corolla cylindracea, pube¬ 
scens, ad basin pallide purpurea, ore alba : laciniis re¬ 
flexis. Folia quaterna, linearia, acuta, marginibus mi¬ 
nute ciliatis. Caulis sesquipedalis, fruticosus. Rami 
numerosi. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, and within the blossom. Flowers ter¬ 
minate the branches mostly by threes. Blossom cylin¬ 
drical, downy, of a pale purple at the base, and white 
at the mouth Segments reflexed. Leaves by fours, 
linear, and pointed, with minutely ciliated margins. 
Stem a foot and a half high, shrubby. Branches nu¬ 
merous. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from May till August. 
REFERENCE. 
]. The empalement. 
2 . The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
