ERICA glutinosa, minor . 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers muticae, inclusae. Flores sub apicibus ra¬ 
morum, conferti, verticillato-horizontales. Pedunculi 
breves, bracteis tribus, viscosis, calyci adpressis. Co¬ 
rolla cylindrica, semiuncialis, pallide viridis, gluti¬ 
nosissima, nitida, et costata. Folia sena, linearia, acu¬ 
minata, patentia. Caulis erectus, sesquipedalis $ rami 
simplices, longi, verticillati. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers grow 
near the ends of the branches, pressed together in hori¬ 
zontal whorls. The footstalks are short, having three 
floral leaves, which are clammy, and pressed to the cup. 
Blossom cylindrical, half an inch long, of a pale green, 
very clammy, shining, and ribbed. Leaves by sixes, 
linear, pointed, and spreading. Stalk erect, a foot and 
a half high. Branches simple, long, whorled. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from November till April 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement and floral leaves. 
2 . The chives detached, one tip magnified. 
S. Seed-bud and pointal, summit niagnified. 
4. Seed-bud magnified. 
