ERICA hirta; Var . viridiflora . 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje aristatae, inclusae. Flores in ramulis termi¬ 
nales, plerumque terni, patente-cernui. Pedunculi bre¬ 
vissimi. Corolla cylindracea, pollicaris, viridis: limbi 
laciniis obtusis, erectis. Folia terna et quaterna, linearia, 
recta, obtusa, hirta, supra plana, subtus sulcata. Caulis 
erectus, sesquipedalis, villosus. Ramuli terni, verti- 
cillati. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips bearded, and within the blossom. Flowers ter¬ 
minate the smaller branches mostly by threes, between 
spreading and hanging down. Footstalks very short. 
Blossom cylindrical, an inch long, and green. The seg¬ 
ments of the border are obtuse, and upright. Leaves 
by threes and fours, linear, straight, blunt, and haiiy, 
flat on their upper surface, and furrowed beneath. Stem 
upright, a foot and a half high, and hairy. The small 
branches grow by threes, in whorls. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from October till January. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A leaf magnified. 
2. The empalement. 
3. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
