ERICA Savilea. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers basi bicornes, inclusae. Flores numerosi, 
simplices, axillares, in medio ramulorum, et saepe ter¬ 
minales : pedunculis longissimis, coloratis. Corolla ur« 
ceolata, laete purpurea, glabra, lucida: laciniis aequali¬ 
bus, rotundis, patentibus, sub-reflexis. Folia quaterna, 
linearia, glabra, supra plana, subtus sulcata. Frutex 
pygmaeus, elegans, ramosissimus. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, and within the blossom. Flowers are 
numerous, and grow singly from the axillae of the 
leaves, about the middle of the smaller branches, and 
often terminate them. The footstalks are very long, 
and coloured. Blossom pitcher-shaped, of a bright pur¬ 
ple colour, smooth, and shining: the segments of the 
border are equal, round, spreading, and nearly reflexed. 
Leaves by fours, linear and smooth, flat on their upper 
surface, and furrowed beneath. An elegant dwarf shrub, 
very branching. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from April till September. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement magnified. 
2. A blossom. 
3. Flower of a pale variety. 
4. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
5. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
