ERICA clavata. 
descriptio. 
Anthers muticae, exert ae, nigrae. Flores terni, in 
apicibus ramulorum, dependentes. Pedunculi fere nulli. 
Perianthium duplex. Corolla clavata, viridis: laciniis 
limbi erectis. Folia terna, linearia, obtusa, recta, gla¬ 
bra. Caulis erectus, humilis, ramosus. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, without the blossom, and black. 
Flowers grow by threes at the ends of the smaller 
branches, and hang down, with scarcely any footstalks. 
Cup double. Blossom club-shaped and green : the seg¬ 
ments of the border are upright. Leaves by threes, li¬ 
near, obtuse, straight and smooth. Stem upright, low, 
and branching. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from March till June. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A blossom. 
2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
* 3. Seed-bud magnified. 
