ERICA incurva. 
DESCRIPTIO* 
Antherje arista tae, sub-inclusse : stylo sub-exerto. 
Flores in ramulis terminales, umbellati, terni. Pedun¬ 
culi aculeati. Folia terna, farinose viridia, arcuata, 
incurva, aculeata, subtus exarata. Corolla urceolata, 
purpurea, odorata: oris laciniis rotundatis, sub-erectis. 
Caulis fruticosus, ramosus. Rami et ramuli hirsuti, 
erecto-patentes. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips bearded, and just within the blossom. Shaft 
just without. Flowers terminate the small branches in 
umbels by threes. Footstalks prickly. Leaves by threes, 
of a mealy green, bowed, turned; inwards, prickly, and 
deeply furrowed beneath. Blossom pitcher-shaped, pur¬ 
ple, and sweet-scented : the segments of the border are 
roundish, and nearly upright. Stem shrubby, and 
branching. The large and small branches are roughly 
haired, and between erect and spreading. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from March till May. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A leaf magnified. 
£. The empalement magnified. 
3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
4. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
3. A flower and leaf of a small variety. 
