ERICA setacea. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anther a: basi bicornes, inclusae. Flores in ultimis 
ramulis terminales, sub-terni, spicati. Corolla urceo- 
lata, glabra, sub-albida, parva. Folia terna, linearia, 
obtusa, supra sub-scabrida, margine setacea, revoluta. 
Caulis, rami, et ramuli, filiformes, flexuosi, tenuissime 
scabri, villosi. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips two-horned at the base, within the blossom. 
Flowers grow mostly by threes at the extremity of the 
small branches, forming a spike. Blossom pitcher¬ 
shaped, smooth, whitish, and small. Leaves by threes, 
linear, blunt, roughish on the upper side, bristly, and 
rolled back at the edge. Stem, branches and small 
branches thread-shaped, bending, slightly rough and 
hairy. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from February till April. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The underside of a leaf magnified. 
2. The empalement magnified. 
3. The chives and pointal. 
4. A chive magnified. 
5 . Seed-bud and pointal magnified. 
