ERICA viridiflora. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers minute bicornutse, subexsertae. Flores terni, 
in apicibus ramulorum, dependentes. Pedunculi nulli. 
Perianthium duplex, exteriori triphyllo. Corolla viridis, 
viscosa, msetuleeflora : laciniis limbi erectis. Folia terna, 
glabra, subtrigona, curvata, acuta. Caulis humilis, fruti¬ 
cosus. Ramuli plerumque terni. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips minutely two-horned, just without the blossom. 
Flowers grow by threes, at the ends of the smaller 
branches, hanging down. Footstalks none. Cup double, 
the outer one three-leaved. Blossom green, clammy and 
skittle-shaped: segments of the border upright. Leaves 
by threes, smooth, nearly three-sided, curved and 
pointed. Stem low and shrubby. Smaller branches mostly 
by threes. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from June till August. 
REFERENCE. 
1. Empalement. 
2. A chive, tip magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
