ERICA Plukenetia. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers muticae, exertae, longissimae. Flores sub- 
solitarii, pendentes a ramulis, in medio ramorum spicam 
laxam formantes. Pedunculi longi, colorati : bracteis 
tribus infra minutis. Corolla conica, purpurea: la¬ 
ciniis exiguis, erectis, luteo-virentibus. Folia terna, li¬ 
nearia, arcuata, acuta, glabra, fasciculata. Caulis erectus, 
bipedalis, fruticosus. Rami sub-simplices, ramulis bre¬ 
vissimis, confertis, tecti. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, without the blossom, and very long. 
Flowers nearly solitary, hanging down from the smaller 
branches, and forming a loose spike about the middle of 
the branches. Footstalks long, coloured : with three mi¬ 
nute floral leaves on the lower part. Blossom conical, 
and purple. The segments of the border are small, up¬ 
right, and of a yellowish green. Leaves by threes, linear, 
bowed, pointed, smooth, and bundled together. Ste 
upright, two feet high, and shrubby. The large 
branches are nearly simple, long, and covered with very 
short branches crowded together. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hop®. 
In bloom from May till August. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement magnified. 
2. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
4. The seed-bud magnified. 
