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ERICA glutinosa.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores horizontales, verticillis confertis. Corolla cylindrica, pollicaris, pallide-lutea, costata, glutinosissima, nitida. Folia sena, linearia, acuminata, glabra, læviter sulcata. Caulis bipedalis. Rami simplices, longi, raro ramulosi.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips beardless, within the blossom. The flowers grow horizontally in crowded whorls. Blossom cylindrical, an inch long, of a pale yellow, ribbed, very clammy, and shining. Leaves by sixes, linear, pointed, smooth, and slightly furrowed. Stem two feet high. The branches are simple, long, and seldom branched.