ERICA marifolia.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, antheris ariftatis, fub-inclufis, corollis
urceoh-formis, albidis; foliis ternis, lato-ovatis,
pubefcentibus, fubtus albidis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS erectas, fruticoñis, pedalis, ramofiíumus,
ramuli frequentiffimi, verticillatí.
FOLIA terna, patentia, Iato-ovata, margine
revoluta, fubtus albida, petiolis breviffimis, adprefíis.
FLORES terminales, umbellati, ccrnui, pedunculi
l o n g i , bracteis tribus inílrueti.
CALYX. Perianthium tetraphylhim, foliolis
ipatlmlatis, feu baíi attenuatis, apicibus ovatis,
concavis, ciliatis.
COROLLA albida, urceoli-formis, oris laciniis
iub-reflcxis.
STAMINA. Filamcnta oéto capillaria. Anthene
aritiata?, fub-inclufie.
PISTILLUM. Germen cylindricum fulcatum.
Stykis filiformis, exfertus. Stigma tetragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bona; Spei.
Floret a meniî Aprili, in Julium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx, et Corolla.
2. Calyx lente atteins.
3 . Stamina, ct Fifiillum.
A . Stamina a Piíiillo diducla; anthera una
lente ancla.
5. Stylus, et Stigma, lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, w i th bearded tips, jutt within the blotfoms,
w h i c h are pitchcr-fliuped, and w h i t e ; the
leaves grow by threes, of a broad cgg-fliape,
downy, and white underneath.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM upright, lhrubby, grows a foot high, and
very branching; the fmallcr branches are numerous,
and grow in whorls.
T h e LEAVES g r ow by threes, threading outward,
of a broad egg-fhape, rolled back at the
edges, and white beneath, having fhort foot-ftalks
preffed to t h e branches.
T h e FLOWERS terminate the branches in
bunches which hang downward; the foot-iialks
arc long, having three floral leaves.
EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, which arc
fpathula-fhapcd, or tapering to the bafe, the tops
egg-fhaped, concave, and lathed.
The BLOSSOM white, pitcher-fhaped, having
the fegments of the mouth llightly bent back.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads. T i p s bearded,
jmt within the bloflbm.
POINTAL. Seed-veffel cylinder-fhaped, and
furrowed. Shaft thread-fhaped. Summit fourcomercd.
Native of the Cape o f G o o d Hope.
Flowers from April, till July.
REFERENCE.
1. T h e Empalement, and Bloffom.
2. T h e Empalement magnified.
3. The Chives, and Pointal.
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one
tip magnified.
5. T h e Shaft, and its Summit, magnified.