ERICA mucosa. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anther.® aristatae, inclusae. Flores plures, termi¬ 
nales, fasciculati, cernui, purpurei, fulgentes, mucosi 5 
pedunculis longis, purpureis. Corolla globosa 5 laciniis 
semi-orbiculatis, aequalibus, erectis. Folia quaterna, 
sub-trigona, obtusa, glaberrima. Caulis fruticosus, tri¬ 
pedalis, ramosus; ramis longis, virgatis, flexuosis. 
DESCRIPTION, 
Tips bearded, and within the blossom. Flowers 
many, terminating the branches in bunches, hanging 
down, of a brilliant purple colour, and clammy. Foot¬ 
stalks long and purple. Blossom globular 5 the segments 
of the border are half round, equal, and upright. 
Leaves by fours, nearly three-sided, blunt, and smooth® 
Stem shrubby, three feet high, and branchings the 
branches are long, twiggy, and flexuose. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from June till September. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement magnified. 
2. The chives and pointal, summit magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
