ERICA glutinosa.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis; corollis glutinosissimis, verticillatis, confertis, melinis, pollicaribus; foliis senis, micantibus.

DESCRIPTIO.

Caulis bipedalis, erectus. Rami simplices, longi, raro ramulosi.

Folia sena, linearia, nitida, acuminata, glabra, læviter sulcata, patentia; petiolis adpressis.

Flores in apicibus ramorum, verticillato-conferti, horizontales; pedunculi breves, bracteis tribus calyci adpressis.

Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis lanceolatis, viscosis, adpressis.

Corolla cylindrica, pollicaria, pallido-lutea, glutinosissima, nitida, oris laciniis parum reflexis.