ERICA Linngea. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje muticae, inclusae. Flores in ramulis termh 
nales, racemum formantes longum, densissimum. 
Corolla clavata, alba, diaphana, pilosa, ad basin pur¬ 
purea j laciniis obtusis, erectis. Folia terna, linearia, 
villosa, obtusa. Caulis fruticosus, erectus. Ramuli 
numerosi, brevissimi, pilosi. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers termi¬ 
nate the smaller branches, making a long close bunch. 
Blossom club-shaped, white, transparent, and hairy, of 
a purple colour at the base j the segments of the mouth 
are blunt, and upright. Leaves by threes, linear, and 
villose. Stem shrubby, upright. Small branches nu¬ 
merous, very short, and hairy. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from March till June. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement magnified. 
2. The chives and pointal. 
3. The same spread open, one tip magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
