E R I C A phyfodes.
C H A R A C T E R S P E C I F I C U S.
EKICA, ANTHCRIS CRIFTATIS, INCLULIS; COROHIS OVATIS,
INFLATIS, GLABRIS, VIFCOFIS, CRYFLALLINIS, ALBIS;
FOLIIS QUATERNIS, MARGINIBUS GLANDULOLIS, OBTUÍIS.
D E S C R I P T I O .
CAULIS FRUCFICOFUS, BIPCDALIS, EREETUS; RAMI
C RECTI, RAMNLOFI.
FOLIA QUATEMA, OBLUFA, LATO-BNCARIA, CARINATA,
CURVATA, MARGINE GLANDULOFA, VIFCOFA, PATENTIA.
FLO A S S UMBCLLATI, FUB-QUATERNI, CERMU, AD
APICES RAMULORUM ; PEDUNCULI MCDIOCRI, BRACFIEIS
MINUTIS, DILLANTIBUS.
CALYX. PERIANTHIUM LETRAPHYLLMN, FOLIOLIS
OVATIS, BRCVILHIMS, ADPREFLIS, VIFCOFIS.
COROLLA OVA TA, ALBA, CRJ-FTIUINA, MAGNIRUD
I N E P I F I ; LACINÜS ACUMINATIS, EREÓTIS.
STAMINA. FILAMCNTA OCTO CAPILLARIA. A N -
THERAC CRIIIATA;, INCLUÍA;.
PISTILLLTM. GERMEN GLOBOFNM, FULCATUM.
STYLUS FUBINCLUFUS. STIGMA TETRAGONUM.
HABITAT AD CAPUT BONA? SPEI.
FLORET A M E N U FEBRUARII, IN JULIUM.
REFERE N T I A.
1. FOLIUM UNUM, LENTE AUCTUM.
2. CALYX, ET COROLLA.
3. CALYX, LENTE AUCRUS.
4. STAMINA, ETPIFTILLUM.
5 . STAMEN UNUM, LENTE AUCFUM.
6 . PILIILLUM, LENTE AUCTUM.
S P E C I F I C C H A R A C T E R.
HEATH, WITH CREFLED TIPS, WITHIN THE BLOFFBMS,
WHICH ARE EGG-FHAPED, FWELLED OUT, FMOOTH, CLAMMY,
LIKE CRYFLAL, AND WHITE; LEAVES GROW BY
FOURS, HAVE GLANDULAR EDGES, AND ARE BLUNT
ENDED.
D E S C R I P T I O N .
S T E M FHRUBBY, GROWS TWO FEET HIGH, UPRIGHT;
THE BRANCHES GROW UPRIGHT, AND HAVE NUMEROUS
LITTLE BRANCHES.
L E A V E S GROW BY FOURS, ARE BLUNT, BROADLY
LINEAR, KEELED, CURVED, THE EDGES GLANDULAR,
CLAMMY, AND THREADING.
FLOWERS GROW IN UMBELS OF MOFFLY FOUR TOGETHER,
HANGING DOWN FROM THE ENDS OF THE
FMALLER BRANCHES ; THE FOOT-FIALKS OF THE LENGTH
OF THE BLOSSOMS, WITH FLORAL LEAVES THAT ARE VERY
FMALL, AND PLACED AT A DIFLANCE FROM THE BLOHORA.
E M P A L E M E N T . CUP OF FOUR LEAVES, WHICH
ARE EGG-FHAPED, VERY LHORT, PREFFED TO THE BLOFFOM,
AND CLAMMY.
B L O S S O M EGG-FHAPED, WHITE, AND LIKE CRYFLAL,
THE FIZE OF A PEA ; FEGMENTS OF THE BORDER, TAPERING
AND UPRIGHT.
C H I V E S . EIGHT HAIR-LIKE THREADS. TIPS CREFLED,
AND WITHIN THE BLOFFOM.
P O I N T A L . SEED-BUD GLOBULAR, AND FURROWED.
SHAFT JUFT WITHIN THE BLOFFOM. SUMMIT FOURCORNERED.
NATIVE OF THE CAPE OF G O O D H O P E.
FLOWERS FROM FEBRUARY, TILL JULY.
R E F E R E N C E .
1. A LEAF, MAGNIFIED.
2. T H E EMPALEMENT, AND BLOIFOM.
4. THE EMPALEMENT, MAGNIFIED.
3. THE CHIVES, AND POINTAL.
5. A CHIVE, MAGNIFIED.
6. THE POINTA), MAGNIFIED.