ERICA ferruginea» 
DESCRIPTIO. 
A nth er je muticae, inclusae. Flores in ramulis termi¬ 
nales, simpliciter vertici]lati, horizontales. Pedunculi co¬ 
lorati, hispiduli, bracteis tribus hirsutis instructi. Co¬ 
rolla basi inflata, apice attenuata ; ima pars carnea, summa 
saturate purpurea, ore arctata: laciniis acutis, patentibus. 
Folia sub-quaterna, obtusa, pilis longis ferrugineis cir¬ 
cumsessa. Caulis humilis, fruticosus, erectus, sub-pe- 
dalis. Kami et ramuli flexuosi, filiformes, foliis sub¬ 
tecti. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, and within the blossom. Flowers 
terminate the smaller branches in single horizontal 
whorls. Footstalks coloured, slightly hispid, and fur¬ 
nished with three hairy floral leaves. Blossom inflated 
at the base, tapering to the point, the lower part of a 
flesh-colour, the upper part of a deep purple, 
straightened at the mouth: the segments are pointed, 
and spreading. Leaves mostly by fours, blunt-ended, 
and beset with long rusty-coloured hairs. Stem low, 
shrubby, upright, and scarce a foot high. The large 
and small branches are flexuose, thread-shaped, and 
nearly covered by the leaves. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from April till July. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A leaf magnified. 
2. The empalement magnified. 
3. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
