ERICA capitata.
C H A R A C T E R SP E C I FI C U S.
ERICA, antheris muticis, fub-inclufis ; corollis
globofis, albidis, fomentons, ic¿tis calyce magno,
hifpido, colorato; foliis ternis, pilons.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS crcelus, laxus, lililbrmis, fufeus; rami
filiformes, villofi; ramuli capillares, fréquentes,
tonicntoli.
FOLIA terna, linearía, obtnfa, dorfo fulcata,
pilis longis birta; petiolis brcviflimis, adpreflis.
FLORES in extremis ramulis terminales bini,
vel terni, cernuo-patenti ; pedunculi breviflinn,
bracteis tribus, minutis, adpreffis, infirucli.
CALYX. Perianthiiim tetra ph y 1 him, foliolis
ovatis, concavis, iucurvatis maximis, lotis denfiHinie
binis, adpreífis, luteo-viridis.
COROLLA íub-globofa, alba, láñala, in finu
Cal y eis lere recóndita.
St a m i m a . Filamenta ocio Capilla ría, receptáculo
infería. Anthera: muticae fub-inclufe.
PISTILLUM. Germen fubrotundum, ápice piluíum.
Sty lut filitbrmis, exfertus. Stigma tctragonum.
Habitat ad Caput Bona; Spei.
Floret a menfi Julii, in Oelobrem.
H E F E R E N T I A .
1. Calyx, ct Corolla.
2 . Corolla.
3 . Calyx, fente anchis.
A. Stamina, ct Piliillum.
5. Stamina a Piliillo diduela, authcra una
feote ancla.
6. Stylus, et Stigma, lente ancla.
S P E C I F I C CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardlcfa tips, juft within the bloffbms,
which are globular, white and downy, being
covered with a large, hairy, coloured cup ;
leaves grow by threes, and are hairy.
D E S C R I P T I O N .
STEM upright, weak, thread - fhaped, and
brown; branches thread-fhaped, and hairy; fmall
branches like hairs, numerous, and down;-.
LEAVES grow by threef, linear,blunt, furrowed
at the back, and covered with long, barfh hairs;
foot-lialks very fhort, and preflcd to the branches.
FLOWERS grow at the extremity of the fmaller
branches, by twos or threes, fpreading out, and
nodding; foot-lialks very fhort, baring three fmall
floral leaves, which arc preflcd to the bloflbm.
EMPALKMKNT. Cup of lbur'lea\cs, which are
egg-fhaped, concave, turned inwards, very large,
quite covered with ftrong hairs, preflcd to the
blofl'oms, and of a yellow-green.
BLOSSOM nearly globular, white and woolly,
almofl bid within the cup.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads, fixed into
the receptacle. Tips beardlcfs, and nearly within
the bloflbm.
POINTAL. Seed-bud nearly round, and hairy
at the end. Shaft thread-fhaped, and without
the bloflbm. Summit four-cornered.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of July, lill Oclolxr.
R E F E R E N C E
i. Empalement, and Bloflbm.
•2. A Bloflbm.
3 . The Fiupalemcnt, magnified.
A. The Chives, and Puinlal.
5. The Chives detached from the Puinlal, oik-
Tip magnified.
6. The Shaft, and its Summit, magnified.