ERICA incarnata.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ cristatæ, sub-inclusæ. Flores in ramulis terminales, in racemum densum coalescentes. Pedunculi longi, purpurei. Corolla sub-ovata, cernua, carnea; ore contracto, lævissime quadrifido, laciniis erectis. Folia quaterna, obtusa, linearia, glabra. Caulis sub-erectus, pedalis, ramosissimus; rami et ramuli flexuosi, divaricatopatentes.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips crested, and just within the blossom. The flowers grow at the ends of the smaller branches, forming a close bunch. Footstalks are long, and purple. Blossom nearly egg-shaped, bending down, and flesh-coloured; the mouth contracted, and slightly cut into four upright segments. Leaves by fours, obtuse, linear, and smooth. Stem nearly upright, a foot high, and very much branched; the large and smaller branches are flexuose, and spread outwards.
