ERICA emarginata.
CHARACTER SPECIFIC US.
ERICA, antheria cristatis, sub-inclusis: floribus
term i nal ¡bus. Calyx eraarginatus. Corolla campannlata,
alba. Folia terna. Caulis erectus,
dumosus.
DESCRIPTIO.
CAULIS fruticosus, erectus, pedalis. Rami et
ramuli nirmerosi, erecto-patentes.
FOLIA terna, trigona, erassa, risrida, revoluta,
acuta, glabra, supra plana, subtus canaliculata :
margínibus minute fimbriatis.
FLORES ramulos terminant, plerumqne terni.
Pedunculi albi, bracteis tribus instruct]', pilis
nigris emarginatis.
CALYX tetraphyllus: foliolis ovatis, albis, adpressis,
pilis nigris emarginatis.
COROLLA carapanulata, alba: oris laciniis
a-qualibus, revolutis.
STAMINA. Füamenta octo capillaria. Anthera
cristate, sub-inclusa?.
PISTILLUM. Germen tiarseforme, sulcatum,
ad basin nectariforum. Stylus exertus. Stigma
tetra ira num.
Habitat ad Caput Bonte Spei.
Floret a mense Aprili iu Juliuin.
R t' FE RE NT TA.
1. Folium lente auctum.
5. ídem subtus lente auctum.
3. Calyx lente auctus.
4. Stamina ct Pistillum, anlhcra única lente
auctJ.
5. Germen et Pistillum lente aueta.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
HEATH, with crested tips, just within the blossom.
Flowers terminal. Empalement emarginatcd.
Blossom bell-shaped and white. Leaves
by threes. Stem upright, and bushy.
n r s c R i P T t o .
STEM shrubby, upright, a loot high. The
large and small branches are numerous, erect,
and spreading.
LEAVES by threes, three-sided, thick, rigid,
rolled baek, pointed ami smooth, flat on their
upper surface and channelled beneath; with
minutely fringed edges.
FLOWERS terminate the smaller branches,
mostly by threes. Footstalks white, and furnished
with three floral leaves emarginaled with
black hairs.
EMPALEMENT four-leaved. Leaflets are ovate,
white, pressed to the blossom, and emargiiiatcd
with black hairs.
Bi.ossovi bell-shaped and white: the segments
of the border are equal, and rolled back.
CHIVES. Eight hair-Uke threads. Tips crested,
andjust within the blossom.
POINTAL. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed,
with honey-cups at the base. Shaft without.
Summit four-cornered.
Native o f the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from April till July.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnitud.
2. The under side o f I lie same magnified.
3. Empalement magnified.
4. Chivei and Pointai, one tip magnified.
j . Seed-bud and Pointai magnified.