ERICA canaliculata. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje muticae, sub-exertae, nigrae. Flores in ulti¬ 
mis ramulis terminales, plerumque terni, cernui. Pe¬ 
dunculi longi, colorati. Corolla campanulata, pallide 
purpurea ; oris laciniis ovatis, acutis. Folia terna, erecta, 
obtusa, supra plana, subtus canaliculata. Caulis fruti¬ 
cosus, bipedalis, erectus, ferrugineus. Rami et ramuli 
verticillati, numerosi. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, just without the blossom, and black. 
Flowers terminate the ends of the smaller branches, 
mostly by threes, hanging down. Footstalks long and 
coloured. Blossom bell-shaped, and of a pale purple: 
segments of the border are egg-shaped, and sharp- 
pointed. Leaves by threes, upright, and blunt, flat on 
the upper surface, and channelled beneath. Stem 
shrubby, two feet high, upright, and rusty. The large 
and smaller branches are whorled and numerous. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from March till May. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A leaf magnified. 
2. The empalement magnified. 
3. A blossom. 
4. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
5. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
