ERICA Lirmaea superba. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers muticae, inclusae. Flores ramulos terminant, 
racemum formantes longum et densissimum. Corolla 
clavata, uncialis, pilosa, ore alba, ad basin purpurea : 
laciniis obtusis, erecto-patentibus. Folia quaterna, 
linearia, villosa, adscendentia. Caulis sesquipedalis, fru¬ 
ticosus, erectus. Ramuli numerosi, breves, pilosi. 
description. 
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers terminate 
the smaller branches, making a long close bunch. Blos¬ 
som club-shaped, an inch long, hairy, white at the mouth, 
and purple towards the base : segments of the border ob¬ 
tuse, between erect and spreading. Leaves by fours, 
linear, villose, and ascending. Stem a foot and a half 
high, shrubby, and upright. The smaller branches are 
numerous, short, and hairy. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom during the Summer months. 
REFERENCE. 
1. Empalement. 
2. A chive, tip magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
4. Seed-bud magnified. 
