In bloom from August till December.

REFERENCE.

1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified.
2. The chives detached from the pointal, one tip magnified.
3. The seed-bud and pointal magnified.
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ERICA comosa.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores in ramulis terminales, quasi spicam comosam densam formantes. Pedunculi brevissimi. Corolla ventricosa, alba, basi inflata, apice arctata. Folia quaterna, obtusa, patentia, parva, glabra. Caulis fruticosus, subpedalis, ramosus. Rami virgati, penduli.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers terminate the small branches, forming as it were a thick tufted spike. Footstalks very short. Blossom bellied, white, swelled at the base, and narrowed at the mouth. Leaves by fours, blunt, spreading, small, and smooth. Stem shrubby, near a foot high, and branching. The branches are twiggy, and hang down.