ERICA loevis.
CHARACTER SPECIPICUS.
ERICA, anthcris aristatis, inclusis: foliis ternis,
glabris, linearibus, obtusis: corollis campanulatis,
albis, tcnuibus : ramis numerosis, gracilibus.
HESCKIPTIO.
CALLIS pedalïs et ultra: ramis ct ramulis filiformibus,
numerosis.
FOLIA tenia, adsceudcutia, glabra, linearía,
.obtusa: petiolis brevïbus.
FLORES in ramos umbellis parvis irregularibus
: pcdimculis incaniatis, ad basin bracteis tribus
parvis instructis.
CALVX tetrapbyllus : foliolis lanceolatis, serrulatis,
adpressis.
COROLLA campanulata, alba, tenuis: oris laciuiis
íequalibus, patentibus,
STAMIXA. Fitam-enta oeto capillarîa. Anthera?
aristatoe, inclusa;,
PISTILLÜM. Germen tiaroeforme, purpureum,
sulcatum, ad basin nee tarifer inn. Stylus filiformis.
Stigma concavum.
Habitat ad Caput Bona; Spci.
Floret a mense Martii in Julium.
KEt'ERENTIA.
1. Calyx lente auctus.
y. Stamina et Pistillum, aiifherâ una lente
auctâ,
3. Germen et Pistillum lente aucta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with bearded tips, within the blossom:
leaves by threes, smooth, linear, and blunt:
.blossom bell-shaped, white, and thin: branches
numerous and slender.
n r . s c K i P r i o x .
STEM a foot or more high: the large and
small branches are thread-shaped and numerous.
LEAVES by threes, ascending, smooth, linear,
and blunt: footstalks short.
FLOWERS grow on the branches in small irregular
umbels: footstalks flesh-coloured, and furnished
at the base with three small floral leaves.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved : leaflets lancesbaped,
finely sawed, and pressed to the cup.
BLOSSOM bell-shaped, white, and thin: segments
o f the border equal, and spreading.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads: tips bearded,
and within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, purple,
and furrowed, with honey-cups at the base.
Shaft thread-shaped. Summit hollow.
Native of the Cape o f Good Hope.
Flowers from March till July.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalemenl magnified.
2. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified.
3. Seed-bud and Pointal magnified.