ERICA villosa» 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje muticae, exertse. Flores in extremis ramulis 
terminales, sub terni, penduli. Pedunculi longi, rubri, 
Perianthium lato?-ovatum; margine calycis laete viridi. Co¬ 
rolla urceolata, villosa, alba; oris laciniis obtusis, erectis, 
Folia terna, linearia, obtusa $ margine pilis longis hirta. 
Caulis fruticosus, flexuosus, purpurascens, Kami et ra^ 
muli filiformes, villosi. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, and without the blossom. Flowers 
grow at the extremity of the smaller branches, mostly 
by threes, hanging down. The footstalks are long, and 
of a red colour. Cup broadly egg-shaped 5 the edges of 
the cup are of a bright green colour. Blossom pitcher¬ 
shaped, villous, and white 3 the segments of the border 
are obtuse, and upright. Leaves by threes, linear, and 
blunt • the edges rough, with long hairs. Stem shrubby, 
flexuose, and of a purplish colour. The small and large 
branches are threadrsliaped, and hairy. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from February till June. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A leaf magnified. 
2. The empalement magnified. 
3. Chives and pointal, magnified, 
