ERICA miiiutseflora. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers muticse, subinclusse: stylo exserto : summitate 
magna, concava. Flores in summis ramulorum, panicu- 
lati, plerumque duo, axillares. Corolla campanulata, 
purpurea, minuta. Folia quaterna, linearia, longa, ob¬ 
tusa, glauca, et patentia. Caulis pedalis, erectus, flex¬ 
uosus. Ramuli verticillati, adscendentes, filiformes. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, nearly within the blossom : shaft with¬ 
out : summit large and concave. Flowers grow in loose 
spikes, mostly by twos, from the axillae of the leaves. 
Blossom bell-shaped, purple, and very small. Leaves by 
fours, linear, long, obtuse, glaucous, and spreading. 
Stem a foot high, upright, flexuose. Small branches 
grow in whorls, ascending, and thread-shaped. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom during the Autumnal months. 
REFERENCE. 
1. Empalement magnified. 
2. A flower magnified. 
3. chives and pointal. 
4. A chive magnified. 
5. Seed-bud and pointal magnified. 
