ERICA tenuiflora carnea. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anther.® muticae, inclusae. Flores ramos terminant, 
terni vel quaterni, plerumque adscendentes. Corolla 
tubaeformis, tenuissima, incarnata : laciniis oris aequa¬ 
libus, cordatis, acutis, patentibus. Folia plerumque 
quaterna, leviter tomentosa, linearia, brevia, acuta, supra 
plana, subtus sulcata. Caulis pedalis et ultra, fruticosus 
flexuosus, filiformis, virgatus. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers terminate 
the branches by threes and fours, mostly ascending. 
Blossom trumpet-shaped, very slender, and flesh-coloured: 
segments of the border are equal, heart-shaped, pointed, 
and spreading. Leaves mostly by fours, slightly downy, 
linear, short and pointed, flat on the upper surface, and 
furrowed beneath. Stem a foot or more high, shrubby, 
flexuose, thread-shaped, and twiggy. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom during the summer months. 
REFERENCE. 
1. Empalement. 
2. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
