ERICA Irbyana, 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers basi bicornes, inclusas. Flores ramos terminant 
in umbellis quinque- vel decem-floris, cum pedunculis 
longissimis, rubris, patentibus vel cernuis. Corolla alba, 
ad basin carnea, glutinosissima, pollicaris, lucida, ad 
summitatem cylindracea, ore arctata, ad basin inflata. 
Folia terna, trigona, subulata, recta, apice 'mucronata, 
supra plana, subtus carinata. Caulis pedalis, erectus. 
Rami longi» 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips two-horned at the base, and within the blossom. 
Flowers terminate the branches in umbels of five to ten 
flowers, with very long red footstalks, spreading or nod¬ 
ding. Blossom white, flesh-coloured at the base, and ex¬ 
tremely glutinous, an inch long, shining, cylindrical on 
the upper part, narrowed at the mouth, and swelled out 
at the base. Leaves by threes, three-sided, awl-shaped, 
straight, with a mucronated point, flat on the upper sur¬ 
face, and keeled beneath. Stem a foot high, erect. 
Branches long. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom firom J une till October. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A leaf magnified. 
2. The empalement. 
3. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
