ERICA conferta.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, sub-inclusæ. Flores terminales in apice ramulorum, confertissimi, capitati, plurimi, sæpe duodecim. Pedunculi brevissimi. Corolla globosa, alba. Folia quaterna, subulata, mucronata; seniora retrofracta; juniora erecta. Caulis erectus, simplex, robustus, bipedalis. Ramuli breves, horizontales, verticillati.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, just within the blossom. Flowers terminal, crowded very close together at the ends of the small branches in heads, numerous, often twelve. The footstalks are short. Blossom globular, smooth, and white. Leaves by fours, awl-shaped, and sharp-pointed; the old ones appearing broken back, the younger ones upright. Stem upright, simple, and stout, two feet high. Branches short, horizontal, and growing in whorls.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from October till February.