ERICA metulaeflora discolor. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers ad basin bicornes, inclusae. Flores in um¬ 
bellis terminalibus. Corolla tubulosa, oblonga, ad basin 
rosea ; oris laciniis cordatis, acutis, albis. Folia qua¬ 
terna, linearia. Caulis pedalis, fruticosus; ramis et 
ramulis numerosis. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips two-horned at the base, within the blossom. Flow¬ 
ers grow in terminal umbels. Blossom tubular, oblong, 
rose-coloured at the base: segments of the border heart- 
shaped, pointed, and white. Leaves by fours, linear. 
Stem a foot high and shrubby, with numerous large 
and small branches. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from August till October. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A chive, tip magnified. 
2. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
