ERICA suaveolens. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers muticae, inclusae. Flores racemosi, subter» 
minales. Corolla cylindrica, pallide purpurea, odorata: 
oris laciniis recurvatis. Folia quina vel sena linearia, 
numerosa, plerumque adscendentia. Caulis sesquipe¬ 
dalis. Rami et ramuli erecti, flexuosi. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers grow in 
clusters, nearly terminal. Blossom cylindrical, of a pale 
purple colour, and sweet-scented segments of the border 
recurved. Leaves by fives or sixes, linear, numerous, 
and mostly ascending. Stem a foot and a half high. The 
large and smaller branches upright and flexuose. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from May till July. 
REFERENCE. 
1. Empalement. 
2. Blossom of a darker variety. 
3. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
