ERICA erubescens. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje muticae, inclusae. Flores in ramulis termi¬ 
nales, quaterni, nutantes. Pedunculi brevissimi. Calyx 
duplex j foliolis late ovatis, sulcatis, squamosis, dentatis. 
Corolla cylindracea, pilis glandulosis sub-pollicaribus den¬ 
sissime circumsessa. Os intus pilosum, imprimis album, 
denique roseum. Folia quaterna, lanceolata, aculeata. 
Caulis erectus, sub-b i pedalis. Rami pauci. Ramuli nu¬ 
merosi. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers termi¬ 
nate the small branches by fours, hanging down. Foot¬ 
stalks very short. Cup double j the leaflets broadly 
ovate, furrowed, skinny, and toothed. Blossom cylin¬ 
drical, closely beset with glandular hairs near an inch 
long. The inner part of the mouth hairy, white at first, 
and then dying off of a rose colour. Leaves by fours, 
lance-shaped, and prickly. Stem upright, near two feet 
high. Large branches few. Smaller ones numerous. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from March till July. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The under side of a leaf magnified. 
2. The empalement magnified. 
3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
5. Seed-bud magnified. 
