ERICA quadrangularis. 
DKSCRIPTIO. 
Anthers muticae, inclusae. Flores ramulos terminant, 
terni,, quaterni, vel quini, erecti vel patentes Corolla 
bicolorata, supra alba, infra incarnata, tubulosa, quadrata, 
quatuor valvis vel suturis : oris laciniis revolutis. Folia 
numerosa, sparsa, ensiformia, curvata, adscendentia et 
patentia, supra plana, subtus sulcata. Caulis sesquipe¬ 
dalis, fruticosus, erectus : ramis et ramulis longis. 
description. 
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers terminate 
the smaller branches in threes, fours, or fives, erect or 
spreading. Blossom two-coloured, white above and 
flesh-coloured beneath, tubular, squared, with four valves 
or seams : segments of the border rolled back. Leaves 
numerous, scattered, sword-shaped, curved, ascending 
and spreading, flat on their upper surface, and furrowed 
beneath. Stem a foot and a half high, shrubby, upright, 
and branching : the large and small branches long. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from April till June. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement. 
2. A Chive. 
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
