ERICA lachase a.
C H A R A C T E R S P E C I F I C U S .
ERICA, antheris aristatis subinclusis, corollis
subcanipaiudalis, albis ; oris laciiiiis expansis,
maximis: foliis ternis, obtusîs, carnosis, imbricalis.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, pedalis, ramosos. Rami et
ramuli foliis imbricatis iuvoluti.
POLI v terna, carnosa, obtusa, imbricataj peliolis
brevibus adpressis.
FLORES plerumque terni, in Capitulis terminalibus.
Pcdunculi longi, bracteis tribus ovatis
ins truc ti.
CALYX tetraphyllus; folíolis ovatis, albis, adpressis.
COROLLA subcampanulata, alba; lariniis roluudis,
maximis, expansis.
STAMINA octo capillaria ; antherre aristatír,
subinclusa'.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiara?forme, ad basin
nectar i ferum. Stylus filíformis. Stigma te trago
num.
Habitat ad Capul Bona1 Spei.
Floret a Malo in Julium
REFERENT I A.
1. Calyx el Corolla,
g. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Corolla.
4. Stamina et Pistillum corolla diducla, antberâ
unicâ lente auctâ.
s p e c i f i c c h a r a c t e r .
HEATH, with bearded tips just within the blossoms,
which are nearly bell-shaped aud white:
the segments of the border are expanded and
large. Leaves by threes, obtuse, fleshy, and tiled.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, a foot high, and branching
The large and small branches are enveloped hv
the leaves, which are tiled
LEAVES by threes, fleshy, blunt, and tiled
Footstalks short, and pressed to the branches
FLOWERS chiefly bj threes, in terminal heads
Footstalks lung, which arc furnished w ith (farce
ovate floral leaves.
EMPALEHENT four-leaved; leaflets egg-shaped,
white, and pressed to the blossom.
BLOSSOM nearly bell-shaped and white; the
segments are round, large, and spreading.
CHIVES eight hair-like threads; tips bearded,
just within the blossoms.
POINTAL. Seed-hud turban-shaped, vv ith honeycups
at the base. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit
four-cornered.
Native o f the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from May till July.
It EFERF.NCE.
1 The Finpalement and BIOSSOW
2. The Km pair men I magnified.
3. A HI lissom
I The Chives and Fninlal detached from the
blossom, one lip magnified.
6. Seed-bud and Points], summit magnified.
6. Seed-bud magnified.