ERICA horizontalis^ 
DESCRIPTIO. 
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Antherje muticae, exertae. Flores in ultimis ramulis, 
plerumque terni, et cernui. Pedunculi breves, bracteis 
tribus spathulatis, imbricatis. Corolla ovata, basi alba, 
apice atro-fusca. Folia quaterna, obtusa, linearia, gla¬ 
bra, horizontalia. Caulis erectus, subpedalis, ramosus. 
Rami et ramuli virgati. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, without the blossom. Flowers grow 
at the ends of the smaller branches, mostly by threes, 
and nodding. Footstalks short, and furnished with three 
spatula-shaped, tiled floral leaves. Blossom egg-shaped, 
white at the base, and of a dark brown towards the 
point. Leaves by fours, obtuse, linear and smooth j 
standing out horizontally. Stem upright, near a foot 
high, and branching. The large and small branches are 
twiggy. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from July till November. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement magnified. 
2. A blossom, natural size. 
3. The same magnified. 
4. Seed-bud, chives, and pointal magnified. 
