ERICA gelida. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers aristatae^ inclusae. Flores in ultimis ramis 
axillares^ spicati, imbricati, dependentes. Corolla cy¬ 
lindrica, apice arctata, pollicaris, albicante-virescens, 
apice atro-virens. Folia ramulorum subquaternaj ra¬ 
morum sena, curvata, acuta, patentia. Caulis strictis¬ 
simus, fruticosus, tripedalis. Rami pauci. Ramuli 
verticillati. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers grow 
near the top of the branches, close to the stem, in spikes, 
imbricated hanging down. Blossom cylindrical, narrowed 
at the top, an inch long, of a whitish green, and dark 
green at the end. Leaves on the small branches mostly 
by fours ; those on the larger by sixes, curved, pointed, ' 
and spreading. Stem very upright, shrubby, three feet 
high. Few large branches. The small branches grow 
in whorls. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from April till July. 
REFERENCE. 
1 . The empalement and floral leaves. 
2. The chives detached, one tip magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
