ERICA hispida.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, sub-exertæ. Flores in ramulis terminales, racemosi, sub-nutantes. Corolla sub-globosa, incarnata; laciniis limbi erectis, parvulis, obtusis. Folia quaterna, linearia, obtusa, hispidiora. Caulis erectus, pedalis. Rami et ramuli numerosi, rigidi, hispidi.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, just without the blossom. Flowers grow at the ends of the branches in bunches, a little drooping. Blossom nearly globular, and flesh-coloured; the segments of the border upright, very small, and blunt. Leaves by fours, linear, blunt, and harshly hairy. Stem upright, a foot high. The large and small branches are numerous, harsh, and hairy.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from August till November.