1. The empalement and floral leaves.
2. The blossom.
3. The chives detached from the pointal, one tip magnified.
4. The seed-bud and pointal; summit magnified.
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ERICA cernua.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores umbellati, cernui, secundi, subovati, carnei; laciniis limbi acuminatis, sub-erectis. Folia quaterna, linearia, obtusa; petiolis brevissimis. Caulis fruticosus, erectus, pedalis. Rami sub-simplices, erecto-patentes.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips crested, within the blossom. The flowers grow in bunches, nodding, all pointing one way; nearly egg-shaped, of a pale flesh colour; the segments of the border tapered, and nearly upright. Leaves grow by fours, are linear and blunt, having very short footstalks. Stem shrubby, upright, a foot high. The branches are almost simple, upright, and spreading.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.