ERICA incarnata* 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje cristatae, sub-inclusse. Flores in ramulis 
terminales, in racemum densum coalescentes. Pedunculi 
longi, purpurei. Corolla sub-ovata, cernua, carnea; ore 
contracto, laevissime quadrifido, laciniis erectis. Folia 
quaterna, obtusa, linearia, glabra. Caulis sub-erectus, 
pedalis, ramosissimus; rami et ramuli flexuosi, divari- 
catopatentes, 
description. 
Tips crested, and just within the blossom. The 
flowers grow at the ends of the smaller branches, form¬ 
ing a close bunch. Footstalks are long, and purple. 
Blossom nearly egg-shaped, bending down, and flesh- 
coloured ; the mouth contracted, and slightly cut into 
four upright segments. Leaves by fours, obtuse, linear, 
and smooth. Stem nearly upright, a foot high, and 
very much branched 5 the large and smaller branches are 
flexuose, and spread outwards. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from July till October. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement magnified. 
2. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
