ERICA fragrans. 
DESCRIPTIO» 
Anthers basi bicornes, exertae. Flores plerumque 
terni, laterales et terminales, parvi: pedunculis longius¬ 
culis. Corolla campanulata, fragrans, pallide purpurea: 
laciniis majusculis revolutis. Folia ternata, subulata, 
erecta, glauca, acuta, supra plana, subtus sulcata. Caulis 
fruticosus, semi-pedalis, valde ramosus: ramis paten¬ 
tibus. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips two-horned at the base, and without the blos¬ 
som. Flowers grow mostly by threes, lateral, and ter¬ 
minal, small, and with longish peduncles. Blossom 
bell-shaped, sweet-scented, pale purple, with largish 
revolute segments. Leaves in threes, awl-shaped, up¬ 
right, of a glaucous green, and sharp-pointed, flat on 
their upper surface, and furrowed beneath. Stem 
shrubby, half a foot high, very much branched, with 
fhe branches spreading. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from March till May. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A leaf magnified. 
2. The empalement magnified. 
3. Seed-bud, chives, and pointal, magnified. 
