ERICA pilulifera. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers aristatae, inclusae. Flores in ramulis termina* 
libus, plerumque bini : corollis globosis, albis: laciniis 
ovatis, aequalibus, compressis. Folia ternata, brevia, ob¬ 
tusa, supra plana, subtus sulcata. Caulis fruticosus, pe¬ 
dalis : ramis numerosis, flexuosis, filiformibus. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips bearded, within the blossom: flowers terminate 
the branches mostly by twos: blossom globular and 
■white: segments of the border ovate, equal, and flat¬ 
tened. Leaves by threes, short, blunt-ended, flat on 
their upper surface, and furrowed beneath. Stem shrubby, 
a foot high: branches numerous, flexuose, and thread* 
shaped. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from May till July. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement magnified. 
2. A chive magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
