ERICA globosa. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anther^e inclusae, basi bicornes. Flores in ultimis 
ramulis terminales, umbellati, cernui. Pedunculi lon¬ 
gissimi, glanduloso-pilosi. Corolla globosa, incarnata$ 
oris laciniis obtusis, incurvatis. Folia terna, spathulata, 
subtus carinata 5 marginibus glandulosis, revolutis. Caulis 
fruticosus, sesquipedalis. Rami et ramuli numerosi, vil¬ 
losi, erecto-patentes. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips within, and two-horned at the base. Flowers 
terminate the small branches in umbels, nodding.. Foot¬ 
stalks very long, and glandularly hairy. Blossom glo¬ 
bular, and flesh-coloured. The segments of the border 
are obtuse, and turned inwards. Leaves by threes, spa- 
thula-shaped, and keeled beneath: the margins are 
glandular, and rolled back. Stem shrubby, a foot and 
a half high. The large and smaller branches are nume¬ 
rous, hairy, and between erect and spreading. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from August till November. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The under side of a leaf magnified. 
2. The empalement magnified. 
3. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified* 
