ERICA odorata. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
A nth er je muticae, inclusae. Flores numerosi, sub 
apices ramorum umbellati. Pedunculi flore triplo lon¬ 
giores, viscosi, bracleis tribus adpressis. Corolla cam- 
panulata, magna, alba, viscosa, lucida, melliodora: la¬ 
ciniis rotundatis, reflexis. Folia sparsa, saepe vero qua¬ 
terna, linearia, margine glanduloso-denticulata, trun¬ 
cata : petiolis longis. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis. Rami 
simplices, longi. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, and within the blossom. Flowers 
numerous, growing in umbels at the ends of the 
branches. The footstalks thrice the length of the 
flowers, clammy, with three floral leaves pressed to 
them. Blossom bell-shaped, large, white, viscous, 
shining, and honey-scented : the segments of the border 
are rounded, and reflexed. Leaves scattered, but some¬ 
times by fours, linear, appearing toothed by small glands 
at the edge, and seeming cut off at the ends. Footstalks 
long. Stem shrubby, a foot high. The branches are 
simple, and long. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from April till July. 
KEFERENCE. 
1. A leaf shown from the under side, magnified., 
2. The empalement. 
3. Chives and pointal, summit magnified. 
4. The seed-bud magnified. 
