ERICA recurvata, 
DESCRIPTIO, 
Anthers muticae, inclusae: stylo exerto, longissimo. 
Flores in umbellis, 6 —9, dependentes: pedunculis bre¬ 
vissimis j corolla oblonga, albicante, oris laciniis rectis, 
atro-ferrugineis. Folia numerosa, sparsa, obtusa, flexu¬ 
osa : ramulis numerosis, confertis, apice recurvatis. 
Caulis erectus, fruticosus, pedalis. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, within the blossom: shaft without, 
and very long. Flowers grow in umbles of 6 to 9, hang¬ 
ing down: footstalks very short. Blossom oblong, of a 
whitish colour : segments of the border straight, and of 
a dark rusty colour. Leaves numerous, scattered, obtuse, 
and flexuose: the small branches numerous, crowded 
together, and recurved at the end. Stem upright, shrub¬ 
by, a foot high. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from March till June. 
reference. 
1. The empalement. 
2. A blossom. 
3. A chive magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
