ERICA ventricosa. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers basi bicornes, inclusae. Flores terminates, nu= 
merosi,fastigiati, erecti,fasciculati. Pedunculi purpurei, basi 
bracteis binis parvis oppositis instructi. Corolla oblongo- 
ovata, apice arctata, alba, glabra, nitida i limbo aequali, 
sub-reflexo, in centro rubro. Folia quaterna, linearia, 
acuta, basi recurvata, apice adscendentia, ciliata, nitida» 
Caulis fruticosus, semi-pedalis, teres, dumosus. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips two-horned at their base, and within the blos¬ 
som. Flowers terminal, numerous, level, upright, and 
in bunches. The footstalks are purple, and furnished 
With two small opposite floral leaves at their base. 
Blossom of an oblong ovate form, and narrowed to¬ 
wards the end, white, smooth, and shining: segments 
of the border equal, slightly reflexed, and red in the 
centre. Leaves by fours, linear, sharp-pointed, with a 
recurved base and an ascending point, ciliated, and 
shining. Stem shrubby, half a foot high, round, and 
bushy. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from April till September. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement. 
2. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
