ERICA droseroides, minor . 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers cristatae, inclusae. Flores in umbellis termi¬ 
nalibus, cernui. Corolla urceolata, laete purpurea, cos¬ 
tata, viscosa : ore obliquo, arctato, profunde sanguineo. 
Pedunculi longissimi, pilis glandulosis tecti. Folia terna, 
linearia, obtusa, marginibus f)ilis glandulosis micantibus. 
Caulis spithamaeus, fruticosus : ramis filiformibus, sparsis, 
erectis, patentibus, virgatis. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers grow in ter¬ 
minal umbels, nodding. Blossom pitcher-shaped, of a 
bright purple colour, ribbed, and clammy : the mouth is 
oblique, narrowed, and of a deep blood colour. Foot¬ 
stalks very long, and covered with glandular hairs. Leaves 
ternate, linear, blunt, bordered with glandulous shining 
hairs. Stem a span high, and shrubby: branches long, 
scattered, erect, spreading, and twiggy. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from July till October. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A Leaf magnified. 
2. Empalement magnified. 
3. A Chive magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
