ERICA metulae flora. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje basi bicornes, inclusae. Flores in umbellis 
terminalibus. Corolla tubulosa, oblonga, carnea. Folia 
quaterna et quina, linearia, obtusa. Caulis fruticosus, 
pedalis et ultra. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips two-horned at the base, and within the blossom. 
Flowers grow in terminal umbels. Blossom tubular, 
oblong, and flesh-coloured. Leaves by fours and fives, 
linear, and blunt-ended. Stem shrubby, a foot or more 
high. 
Native of the Cape pf Good Hope. 
In bloom from September till April. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement magnified. 
2. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
