ERICA canaliculata, minor . 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje muticae, sub-inclusae. Flores in ramulis 
terminales, plerumque terni, cernui. Pedunculi colo¬ 
rati. Calyx glandulosus. Corolla parva, campanulata, 
pallide purpurea: oris laciniis ovatis, acutis. Folia 
terna, erecta, obtusa, supra plana, subtus canaliculata. 
Caulis fruticosus, bipedalis, erectus. Rami et ramuli 
verticillati, numerosi. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, and just within the blossom. Flowers 
terminate the ends of the smaller branches mostly by 
threes, hanging down. Footstalks coloured. Empale- 
ment glandular. Blossom small, bell-shaped, and of a 
pale purple : the segments are ovate, and sharp-pointed. 
Leaves by threes, upright and obtuse, Rat on the upper 
surface, and channelled beneath. Stem shrubby, two 
feet high, and upright. The larger and smaller branches 
are whorled, and numerous. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from March till June. 
REFERENCE. 
!. A leaf magnified. 
2. The empalement magnified. 
S. A chive magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and pointaf summit magnified. 
