ERICA conferta. 
.DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers muticae, sub-inclusae. Flores terminales io 
apice ramulorum, confertissimi, capitati, plurimi, saepe 
duodecim. Pedunculi brevissimi. Corolla globosa, alba. 
Folia quaterna, subulata, mucronata 5 seniora retro- 
fracta 5 juniora erecta. Caulis erectus, simplex, robustus, 
bipedalis. Ramuli breves, horizontales, verticillati. 
DESCRIPTION - . 
Tifs beardless, just within the blossom. Flowers 
terminal, crowded very close together at the ends of 
the small branches in heads, numerous, often twelve. 
The footstalks are short. Blossom globular, smooth, 
and white. Leaves by fours, awl-shaped, and sharp- 
pointed 5 the old ones appearing broken back, the 
younger ones upright. Stem upright, simple, and stout, 
two feet high. Branches short, horizontal, and growing 
in whorls. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from October till February. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A blossom. 
2. The empalement magnified. 
3. The seed-bud, chives, and pointal, magnified:. 
