ERICA thymifolia. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers basi bicornes, sub-inclusae. Flores axillares, 
solitarii j pedunculis basi bracteis duabus instructis. Co¬ 
rolla parva, urceolata, saturate rosea; laciniis expansis, 
subtus concavis. Folia ternata, cordata, ciliata, subtus 
glauca. Caulis fruticosus, spithamaeus, dumosus, per- 
flexus 5 ramulis filiformibus, expansis, decumbentibus. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips two-horned at the base, and just within the 
blossom. Flowers axillary and solitary, with the pedun¬ 
cles furnished with two floral leaves at the base. Blos¬ 
som small, pitcher-shaped, of a deep rose colour, with 
the segments expanded, and concave beneath. Leaves 
in threes, heart-shaped, hairy, and glaucous beneath. 
Stem shrubby, a spari high, bushy, very much bent; 
with the branches thread-shaped, expanded, and decum¬ 
bent. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from March till July. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A leaf magnified. 
2. The empalement magnified. 
3. A chive magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
5. Seed-bud magnified. 
