ERICA eernua. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
ANTHERiE cristatae^ inclusae. Flores umbellati^ cernui^ 
csecundij subovati, carnei j laciniis limbi acuminatis, sub- 
.erectis. Folia quaterna, linearia, obtusa ^ petiolis brer 
vissimis. ' Caulis fruticosus, erectus, pedalis. Rami 
^sub-simplices, erecto-patentes. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips crested, within the blossom. The flowers grow 
in bunches, nodding, all pointing one way j nearly egg- 
shaped, of a pale flesh colour 5 the segments of the 
border tapered, and nearly upright. Leaves grow by 
fours, are linear and blunt, having very short footstalks. 
Stem shrubby, upright, a foot high. The branches 
are alrnost simple, upright, and, spreading. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from August till December. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 
2. The chives detached from the pointal, one tip magnified. 
3. The seed-bud and pointal magnified. 
