ERICA Imperialis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje aristatae, inclusae. Flores plures, terminales, 
simpliciter verticillati, pedunculis longis. Corolla cylin- 
drico-clavata 5 ima parte profunde carnea, apice viridi, ore 
arctata, laciniis rectis. Folia tremula, conferta, linearia, 
obtusa, attenuata in petiolos longos capillares. Caulis 
erectus, bipedalis. Rami pauci, simplices, longi. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers numerous, 
terminating the branches in simple whorls: footstalks 
long. Blossom cylindrically club-shaped; the lower part 
of a strong flesh colour, the end green, compressed at the 
mouth, whose segments are straight. Leaves tremulous, 
and crowded together, linear, blunt-ended, and tapering 
into long hair-like footstalks. Stem upright, two feet 
high. Branches few, simple, and long. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from December till March* 
REFERENCE. 
L T ke chives detached from the pointal, and one tip magnified. 
2. The seed-bud and pointal. 
3. Seed-bud magnified. 
