ERICA mirabilis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers muticse, inclusse. Flores sub-sessiles, termi¬ 
nates, fastigiati', quaterni. Corolla ventricosa, imprimis 
alba, denique rosacea 5 ore arctata 5 laciniis sub-cor- 
datis, undulatis, expansis, maximis. Folia quaterna, 
linearia, glabra. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis. Ramuli 
numerosi, erecto-patentes. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers nearly 
sessile, terminal, in bunches of four together. Blossom 
swelled out, white at first, but dying off of a rose colour ; 
narrowed at the mouth 5 segments of the border nearly 
heart-shaped, waved, spreading, and very large. Leaves 
by fours, linear, and smooth. Stem shrubby, a foot 
high. Smaller branches numerous, between erect and 
spreading. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from June till September. 
REFERENCE. 
1. Empalement. 
2. Chives and pointal, tip magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
