ERICA palustris. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje muticae, inclusae. Flores terminales, in ra¬ 
mulis lateralibus, plerumque terni, numerosi. Corolla 
sub-cylindrica, seu potius angustissime campanulata, pu¬ 
bescens, incarnata $ laciniis patulis, albidis. Folia qua¬ 
terna, linearia, obtusa, et pubescentia. Caulis tenuis» 
Rami tenues et divaricati, ramulis numerosis brevibus. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers termi¬ 
nal, on the small lateral branches, mostly by threes, nu¬ 
merous. Blossom nearly cylindrical, or rather very 
narrowly bell-shaped, downy, and flesh-coloured; the 
segments of the border are spreading, and white. Leaves 
by fours, linear, blunt, and downy. Stem slender. 
Branches slender and divaricating, with numerous short 
branches. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from May till October. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A Leaf magnified. 
2. The empalement magnified. 
3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
4 Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified*. 
