ERICA pumila. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anther.® cristatae, inclusae; flores plerumque ter- 
nata, patento-cernui; pedunculi breves, colorati brac¬ 
teis tribus coloratis instructi ; corolla cylindracea, in¬ 
carnata; laciniis oris viridibus pallidis, erectis; folia 
ternata, linearia, obtusa; caulis humilis, ramis numerosi. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips crested, within the blossom; flowers grow 
mostly by threes, spreading or nodding: footstalks 
short, coloured, and furnished with three-coloured flo¬ 
ral leaves; blossom cylindrical and flesh-coloured; seg¬ 
ments of the border of a pale green, and upright; 
leaves by threes, linear, and blunt; stem low, with nu¬ 
merous branches. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from May till August. 
REFERENCES. 
1 A chive, magnified. 
2. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
3. Seed-bud magnified. 
