ERICA pygmsea 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris aristatis, inclusis: flores ramos 
terminant in umbellis: foliis ternatis: ramis vir- 
gatis. 
DESCRIPTION 
Caulis humilis: rami et ramuli numerosi, fili- 
formes : rami longi, patentes, decumbentes. 
Folia ternata, glabra, curvata, patentia, acu¬ 
minata,, 
Flores ramos terminant in umbellis: in ramu- 
lis plerumque ternis: pedunculis longis, colora- 
tis, pilosis : corolla campanulata, pilosa, saturate 
purpurea. 
Germen tiarseforme, sulcatum, ad basin necta- 
riis melliferis instructum. 
Habitat ad Caput Borne Spei, 
Floret a mense Julii ad Octobrem, 
referentia. 
1. Calyx. 
2. Corolla expansa. 
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3. Antherag et Pistillum, antbera unalente aucta. 
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with bearded tips, within the blossom: 
flowers terminate the branches in umbels: leaves 
by threes: branches twiggy. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem low: the large and small branches nu¬ 
merous and thread-shaped : the larger branches 
are long, spreading, and decumbent. 
Leaves by threes, smooth, curved, spreading, 
and sharp-pointed. 
Flowers terminate the branches in umbels: 
in the smaller branches mostly by threes: foot¬ 
stalks long, coloured, and hairy: blossoms bell¬ 
shaped, hairy, and of a deep purple colour. 
Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, and fur¬ 
nished at the base with honey-bearing nectaries. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from the month of July till October. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement. 
2. The Blossom spread open. 
3. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 
Our figure represents an entire plant from the nursery of AXr. Lee, the only collection in which we 
have as yet seen this very distinct species of Erica. It is a dwarf shrub (more curious than beauti¬ 
ful), raised from Cape seed about the year 1810, and called E. scinguinolentci ,■ which we have no 
doubt will be readily superseded by the more appropriate title o?pygma;a, by which it may be easily- 
recognised either in or out of bloom. 
