ERICA transparent 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers muticae, inclusae. Flores plerumque term*, 
cernui, ad ramorum extremitates. Calyx duplex, ramis 
adpressus : exterior trifoliatus. * Corolla cylindrico-cla- 
vata, purpurea: oris laciniis viridi-albicantibus. Folia 
ternata, linearia, nitida, erecto-patentia : majoribus flex» 
uosis. Caulis bipedalis, fruticosus, erectus. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers grow most¬ 
ly by threes, drooping, from the ends of the branches. 
Empalement double, and prest to the branches : the outer 
one three-leaved. Blossom cylindrically club-sbaped, 
and purple : segments of the border of a greenish white 
colour. Leaves by threes, linear, shining, between erect 
and spreading: the older ones flexuose. Stem two feet 
high, shrubby, erect. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from July till April. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement. 
2. A chive magnified. 
3 . Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified» 
4. Seed-bud magnified. 
