ERICA Swainsonia. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje muticae, sub-inclusae: flores ramos termi¬ 
nant in umbellis: corolla sub-cylindrica, pollicaris, 
miniata : folia quina vel sena, obtusa, erecta, conferta: 
caulis fruticosus, erectus, pedalis et ultra: ramis verti- 
cillatis. 
description. 
Tips beardless, just within the blossom : flowers ter¬ 
minate the branches in umbels : blossoms nearly cylin¬ 
drical, an inch long, of a reddish colour: leaves by 
fives and sixes, obtuse, upright, and crowded together : 
stem shrubby, upright, a foot or more high: the 
branches grow in whorls. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from August till October. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empaiement. 
2. The chives liberated from the pointal, one tip magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
