ERICA costata. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers muticae, inclusae, stylo exserto. Corolla 
sub-cylindracea, incarnata, costata, oris laciniis erectis 
albidis. Folia caulina terna, linearia, obtusa, 'pubes¬ 
centia 3 folia ramentacea erectiora, subserrata. Caulis 
fruticosus, bipedalis, erectus, ramosus. Ramuli fre- 
quentissimi. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, and within the blossom 3 pointal with¬ 
out. Blossoms nearly cylindrical, of a flesh colour, and 
ribbed 3 the segments of the mouth upright and 
white. The leaves of the stem grow by threes, 
linear, blunt, and downy 3 those on the smaller 
branches more upright, and a little sawed at the edges. 
Stem shrubby, two feet high, upright and branching. 
The smaller branches numerous. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from August till February. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empal ement. 
2 . The chives and pointal. 
3. A chive magnified. 
4. .Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
