ERICA Hyacinthoides. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers muticae, inclusae. Flores sessiles, erecti, 
fastigiati, quaterni, conferti, terminales, fere peduncu¬ 
lari. Corolla ventricosa, incarnata, ore arctata; laciniis 
gub-cordatis, undulatis, expansis, maximis. Folia qua¬ 
terna, linearia, glabra, crassiuscula, nitida. Caulis fru¬ 
ticosus, spithameus, erectus, ramosus. Hamuli fxe- 
quentissimi, erecto-patentes. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers sit close 
in upright bunches by fours, on the ends of the branches 
with scarcely any footstalks. Blossom swelled out, flesh- 
coloured, and narrowed at the mouth; the segments 
are nearly heart-shaped, waved, spreading, and very 
large. Leaves by fours, linear, smooth, thickish, and 
shining. Stem shrubby, a span high, upright, and 
branching. The smaller branches are numerous, and 
between erect and spreading. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from June till August. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement magnified. 
2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
4. Seed-bud magnified. 
