ERICA translucens. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje muticas, subinclusae. Flores ramos termi¬ 
nant, plerumque terni, adscendentes, et patentes. 
Corolla cylindracea, rosacea, tomentosa, pellucida: la¬ 
ciniis aequalibus, revolutis. Folia terna et quaterna, 
linearia, brevia, laeviter incurvata, trigona, acuta, gla¬ 
bra. Caulis fruticosus, sesquipedalis. Rami numerosi, 
flexuosi, virgati, filiformes. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, just within the blossom. Flowers termi¬ 
nate the branches, mostly by threes, ascending, and 
spreading. Blossom cylindrical, rose-coloured, downy, 
and pellucid : segments of the border equal, and rolled 
back. Leaves by threes and fours, linear and short, 
slightly incurved, three-sided, pointed, and smooth. Stem 
shrubby, a foot and a half high. Branches numerous, 
flexuose, twiggy, and thread-shaped. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from June till August. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement. 
2. A chive, tip magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
