ERICA empetroides. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje cristatae, inclusae, stylo exserto, Flores in 
medio ramorum densissime spicati, horizon taliter siti. 
Pedunculi brevissimi. Corolla urceolata, carnea, odorata. 
Folia sena, linearia, villosa, oblusa, horizontalia. Caulis 
debilis, pedalis. Rami filiformes, laxi. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips crested, within the blossom, shaft without. Flow¬ 
ers in close spikes in the centre of the branches, stand¬ 
ing out horizontally, with very short footstalks. Blossom 
pitcher-shaped, flesh-coloured, and sweet-scented. Leaves 
by sixes, linear, hairy, blunt and horizontal. Stem weak, 
a foot high. The branches are thread-shaped and loose. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from May till August. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A leaf magnified. 
2. Empalement and blossom. 
3. Empalement magnified. 
4. The chives and pointaL 
5. A chive magnified, 
G. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified 
7. The seed-bud magnified. 
