ERICA multiflora. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje muticae, exertae. Flores axillares, sub-ter= 
minales, sub-spicati. Pedunculi capillares, longissimi, 
bracteis tribus minutis instructu Corolla cylindraceo- 
urceolata, costata, sub-carnea j laciniis minutis, reflexis. 
Folia quaterna seu quina, obtusa, glabra, linearia, recta. 
Caulis fruticosus, erectus, ramosus. Rami et ramuli 
rigidi, erecti. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, and without the blossom. Flowers 
grow from the insertion of the leaves, nearly terminal, 
and almost spiked. Footstalks hair-like, very long, and 
furnished with three small floral leaves. Blossom cylin- 
drically pitcher-shaped, ribbed, and slightly flesh-co~ 
loured : segments small and reflexed. Leaves by fours 
or fives, blunt, smooth, linear, and straight. Stem 
shrubby, upright, and branching. The small and larger 
branches are harsh, and upright. 
Native of Portugal. 
In bloom from October till December. 
REFERENCE. 
1. An umbel of flowers. 
2. The empalement magnified. 
3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and pointal, magnified. 
