ERICA argentiflora. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers muticae, inclusae, stylo exserto. Flores hori- 
zontaliter verticillati prope ramorum summitatem. Corolla 
clavata, uncialis, oris laciniis patentibus. Folia sena, line¬ 
aria, apice leviter incurvata, supra plana, subtus sulcata. 
Caulis fruticosus, erectus, sesquipedalis, ramis simplicibus. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, within the blossom : shaft without. 
Flowers grow horizontally in whorls near the summit 
of the branches. Blossom club-shaped, an inch long : 
segments of the border spreading. Leaves by sixes, linear, 
slightly turned inward towards the end, flat on their upper 
surface, and furrowed beneath. Stem shrubby, upright, a 
foot and a half high. Branches simple. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from June till October. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement. 
2. A chive magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
