ERICA racemifera. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje aristatae, inclusae. Flores sub-terminales 
racemosi, cernui, plerumque duo 3 pedunculis longissi* 
mis. Corolla sub~globosa, purpurea 3 oris laciniis 
erecto-patentibus. Folia sena, linearia, conferta, ob¬ 
lique verticillata, tremula. Caulis fruticosus, sub-pedalis. 
Rami virgati, sub-simplices. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers nearly. 
terminate the branches in clusters, hanging down, mostly 
two together, with very long footstalks. Blossom nearly 
globular, and purple 3 the segments of the border are 
between erect and spreading. Leaves by sixes, linear, 
crowded, irregularly whorled, and tremulous. Stem 
shrubby, near a foot high. Branches twiggy, and nearly 
simple. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from April till June. 
REFERENCE. 
1. An umbel of flowers. 
2. The empalement magnified. 
3. Chives and pointal. 
4. A chive magnified. 
5. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
6 Sed-bud magnified. 
