ERICA hirta. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje aristatae, inclusae. Flores terminal es, terni, 
cernui. Pedunculi breves. Corolla clavata, pollicaris, 
ad basin profunde rubro-purpurea, apice virescens, 
ore parum arctata ; laciniis obtusis, erectis. Folia 
terna, linearia, obtusa, hirta. Caulis erectus, ramosus, 
bipedalis. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips bearded, and within the blossom. Flowers ter- 
minate the branches by threes, hanging down. Foot¬ 
stalks short. Blossom club-shaped, an inch long, of a 
deep red purple at the base, greenish at the end, 
a little narrowed at the mouth: segments blunt, and 
upright. Leaves by threes, linear, blunt, and hairy. 
Stem upright, branching, and two feet high. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from January till April. 
REFERENCE. 
). The empalement. 
2. The chives and pointal spread. 
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
