ERICA acuminata angustiflora. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers muticae, inclusae. Flores in summitate ra¬ 
morum, verticillati, patentes. Corolla purpurea, cylin- 
dracea, uncialis, ore parum arctata : laciniis cordatis, 
acutis, revolutis. Folia quaterna, trigona, retorta, acu¬ 
minata, lucida, supra plana, subtus sulcata. Caulis fru¬ 
ticosus, pedalis, ramosus. Rami flexuosi, filiformes. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers grow near 
the summit of the branches in whorls, spreading out. 
Blossom purple, cylindrical, an inch long, and rather 
narrowed at the mouth : segments of the border heart- 
shaped, sharp pointed, and rolled back. Leaves by fours, 
three-sided, revolute, sharp-pointed, and shining, flat on 
the upper surface, and furrowed beneath. Stem shrubby, 
a foot high, branching. Branches flexuose, and thread¬ 
shaped. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom in March and April. 
REFERENCE. 
1. Empalement. 
2. A chive, tip magnified. 
3. Seed-bu$. and pointal, summit magnified. 
