ERICA Echiiflofa. 
DESCRIPTIO, 
Anthers muticae, inclusae. Flores fere terminales, in 
spicam dense verticillati, horizontales. Corolla tubu¬ 
losa, brevis, inflata, instar Echii, saturate carnea, cos¬ 
tata, viscosa; laciniis patentibus, rotundatis. Folia sena 
vel septena, irregulariter verticillati. Caulis fruticosus, 
bipedalis. 
dJsscriRtion. 
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers almost 
terminal, in a spike, densely whorled, and horizontal. 
Blossom tubular, short, inflated, and resembling an 
Echium, of a deep flesh-colour, ribbed, and viscous | 
segments spreading, and rounded. Leaves by sixes or 
sevens, and irregularly whorled. Stem shrubby, and 
two feet high. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from February till May. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement magnified. 
2. A blossom. 
3. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
