1. The empalement and floral leaves.
2. The chives detached from the pointal.
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
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ERICA viscaria.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Corolla campanulata, valde mucosa, purpurascens. Folia quaterna, linearia, acuta, glabra; juniora in apicibus ramulorum viscosa. Caulis fruticosus, bipedalis, erectus. Rami simplices, longi, superne viscosi.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips beardless, within the blossoms, which are bell-shaped, very clammy, and purple. Leaves grow by fours, are linear, pointed, and smooth: the younger ones are clammy at the ends of the branches. Stem shrubby, two feet high, and upright. Branches simple, long, and clammy at the ends.

Native of the Cape of Good Hope.