1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified.
2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified.
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
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ERICA gelida.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Floras in ultimis ramis axillares, spicati, imbricati, dependentes. Corolla cylindrica, apice arctata, pollicaris, albicante-virescens, apice atro-virens. Folia ramulorum, subquaterna; ramorum sena, curvata, acuta, patentia. Caulis strictissimus, fruticosus, tripedalis. Rami pauci. Ramuli verticillati.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers grow near the top of the branches, close to the stem, in spikes, imbricated hanging down. Blossom cylindrical, narrowed at the top, an inch long, of a whitish green, and dark green at the end. Leaves on the small branches mostly by fours; those on the larger by sixes, curved, pointed, and spreading. Stem very upright, shrubby, three feet high. Few large branches. The small branches grow in whorls.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.