ERICA serpyllifolia. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers muticae, inclusas : stylo exserto: stigmate 
magno. Flores terni vel seni, ramos terminantes. Co¬ 
rolla parva, campanulata, pallide carnosa. Folia terna, 
cordata, patentia, supra subplana, setis minutis instructa, 
subtus glauca ; marginibus revolutis. Caulis subpedalis, 
tenuis. Rami et ramuli filiformes, numerosi, flexuosi. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, within the blossom; shaft without; 
summit large. Flowers grow by threes or sixes, termi¬ 
nating the branches. Blossom small, bell-shaped, and 
of a pale flesh-colour. Leaves by threes, heartshaped 
and spreading, nearly flat on their upper surface, and 
furnished with minute setae or bristles beneath, glaucous, 
with the edges rolled back. Stem nearly a foot high, 
and slender. The large and smaller branches thread¬ 
shaped, numerous, and slender. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from July till November. 
REFERENCE. , 
1. A leaf. 
2. The same shown from beneath, magnified. 
3. The empalement. 
4. A blossom. 
5 . Chives and pointal, magnified. 
6. Seed-bud, magnified. 
