ERICA pygmaea. 
descriptio. 
Anther.® aristatse, inclusae. Flores ramos terminant in 
umbellis : in ramulis plerumque terni: pedunculis lon¬ 
gis coloratis, pilosis. Corolla campanulata, pilosa, satu¬ 
rate purpurea. Folia ternata, glabra, curvata, patentia, 
acuminata. Caulis humilis : ramis et ramulis numerosis, 
filiformibus : ramis longis, patentibus, decumbentibus. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips bearded, and within the blossom. Flowers ter¬ 
minate the branches in umbels, in the smaller branches 
mostly by threes : footstalks long, coloured, and hairy. 
Blossom bell-shaped, hairy, and of a deep purple colour. 
Leaves by threes, smooth, curved, spreading, and sharp- 
pointed. Stem low : the small and large branches nume- 
fbus and thread-shaped : the larger branches long, 
spreading, and decumbent. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from July till October. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement. 
2 . Chives and pointal, summit magnified, 
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
