ERICA hispida. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anther.® muticse, sub-exertae. Flores in ramulis ter¬ 
minales, racemosi, sub-nutantes. Corolla sub-globosa, 
incarnata ; laciniis limbi erectis, parvulis, obtusis. Folia 
quaterna, linearia, obtusa, hispidiora. Caulis erectus, 
pedalis. Rami et ramuli numerosi, rigidi, hispidi. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, just without the blossom. Flowers grow 
at the ends of the branches in bunches, a little drooping. 
Blossom nearly globular, and flesh-coloured; the seg¬ 
ments of the border upright, very small, and blunt. 
Leaves by fours, linear, blunt, and harshly hairy. Stem 
upright, a foot high. The large and small branches are 
numerous, harsh, and hairy. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from August till November. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A leaf magnified. 
2. The empalement magnified. 
3. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
5. The seed-bud magnified. 
