ERICA densae 
DESCRIPTIO» 
Anthers basi bicornes, inclusae. Flores plures, e fo¬ 
liis porrigentes. Corolla cylindrica, oblonga, et lucida 
limbo incarnato. Folia quaterna et quina, linearia, gla¬ 
bra: petiolis brevissimis. Caulis fruticosus, sub-bipe- 
dalis, erectus, basi ramosus, dein spicam simplicissimam 
pyramidatam formans, ramulis brevissimis vestitam. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips two-horned at the base, and within. Flowers 
many, standing straight out from amongst the leaves. 
Blossom cylindrical, oblong, and shining : border flesh- 
coloured. Leaves by fours and fives, linear, smooth, 
with very short footstalks. Stem shrubby, near two 
feet high, and upright, branching out at the base, then 
forming a simple pyramidal spike covered by short 
branches. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from July till October. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement. 
2. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
