ERICA comosa. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje muticae, inclusae. Flores in ramulis termi¬ 
nales, quasi spicam comosam densam formantes. Pe¬ 
dunculi brevissimi. Corolla ventricosa, alba, basi in¬ 
flata, apice arctata. Folia quaterna, obtusa, patentia, 
parva, glabra. Caulis fruticosus, subpedalis, ramosus. 
Rami virgati, penduli. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers termi¬ 
nate the small branches, forming as it were a thick 
tufted spike. Footstalks very short. Blossom bellied, 
white, swelled at the base, and narrowed at the mouth. 
Leaves by fours, blunt, spreading, small, and smooth. 
Stem shrubby, near a foot high, and branching. The 
branches are twiggy, and hang down. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In blooni from June till September. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement magnified. 
2. The chives and pointal. 
S. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnifed. 
4. The seed-bud magnified. 
