ERICA nivalis.
CHARACTER 5PECIFICUS.
ERICA, antherjs aristalis, inclusis : foliis tcrnatis :
floribus albis, terminalibus,
DESCRIPTION
CAULIS fcuticosut, pedalis et ultra, ercctus, ramosus.
FOLIA tcrnata, linearía, obtusa, parva, glabra,
recta.
FLORES ramulos terminant, plerumque terni,
subecrnui: corolla globosa, alba, puis pubescentibus
tec ta.
Habitat ad Caput Bonoe Spei.
Floret a mense Aprili in Junium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx lente auctus.
S. Antbera una lente aucta.
3. Germen et Pistilhun, stigmate lente aucto.
4. Germen lente auctmn.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER,
HEATH, -with bearded tips, within the blossom:
leaves by threes: flowers white and terminal.
DESCRIPTION.
STEM shrubby, a foot or more high, upright
and bushy.
I,EAVES by threes, linear, blunt, small, smooth
and straight.
FLOWERS terminate the smaller branches mostly
by threes, nearly drooping: blossom globular,
white, and covered with soft hairs.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of April till June.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement magnified.
2. A Chive magnified.
3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified.
4. Seed-bud magnified.
The Erica nivalis is a perfectly new species, and very distinct from any of the numerous species
at present in cultivation with us. Our drawing was made at the Hammersmith Nursery in May
1820. It is with difficulty increased by cuttings.