ERICA petiolata.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
ERICA, anthcris muticis, sub-exertis; corollis terminal
ib us, tentatis, camp anularis, albis ; folü's
ternis, cuneatis, petiolis longissimis.
DESCRIPTIÖ.
SUFFRUTEX pvgmKus. Caulis ramosus, semipedalis.
Rami patentes ; ramuli numerosi, conferti.
F o l i a terna, patentia, cuneata, latiuscula,
crassiuscula, et lucida, subtus sulcata; petiolis
longissimis.
FLORF.S terminales, plerumque ternati, suberecti
; pedunculi brevissimi.
CALYX duplex; exterius triphyllum, foliolis
spatulatis; intcrius tetraphyllum, foliolis longioribus,
ad basin late ovatis.
COROLLA eampamilata, alba, laciniis semir
o tundís, patentibusque.
STAMINA OCSO capillaria; anthcra; mutica1, subexerts.
PisTiLLi'M. Germen tiararforme, albicans.
Stylus liliformis. Stigma tetragonum, eoncaYum.
Habitat ad Caput Bona; Spei.
Floret a nicnsc Maii in Julium.
R E F E R E N T I A .
1. Folium.
2. Calyx lente auctus.
3. Corolla.
4. Stamina et Pislillum.
5. Anthcra única lente aucta.
0. Germen et pistillum, Stigmate lente aucto.
7. Germen lente auclum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with beardless tips, just without the
blossom; blossoms terminate the branches by
threes, are bell-shaped, and white; leaves by
threes, wedge-shaped, footstalks very long
DESCRIPTION.
A DWARFISH little shruh. Stem branching,
half a foot high. Branches spreading; the
smaller branches are numerous, and crowded together.
LEAVES by threes, spreading, and wedgeshaped,
broadish, and rather thick, shining, and
furrowed beneath ; with very long footstalks.
FLOWERS terminal, chiefly in threes, nearly
upright; peduncles very short.
EMPALEMENT double; the outer one threeleaved,
leaflets spatula-shaped ; the inner one is
four-leaved, longer than the outer, and broadly
egg-shaped at the base.
BLOSSOM bell-shaped, and white; with the segments
half round, and spreading.
CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads; tips beardless,
just without the blossom.
POINTAL Seed-bud turban-shaped, and whitish.
Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-angled, and
hollow.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
F'lowers from the month o f May till duly.
it EFF.HENCE.
1. A leaf.
a. The Empalement magnified
3. A Blossom.
4. The Chives and Pointal.
5. A Chive magnified.
fi. T h e Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
7. Seed-bud oiagnific-J.