ERICA cordata. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, sub-exertis ; floribus 
terminalibus, confertissime capitatis, globosis ; 
frutex pygmeus ; foliis ternis, cordatis, villosis ; 
ramis numerosis, confertis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Cavuis humilis, spithameus; rami et ramuli 
numerosi, conferti, flexuosi, patentes. 
Foura terna, cordata, patentes, marginibus 
revolutis, supra villosa, subtus lanata. 
Frores terminales, in apicibus ramulorum, 
‘confertissimi, capitati, erecti ; pedunculi breves, 
bracteis tribus. 
Catyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum ; foliolis 
subulatis, villosis, adpressis. 
Corotta globosa, glabra, albida; laciniis 
limbi rotundatis, patentibus. 
Stamina. Filamenta octo, capillaria; anthere 
mutice, sub-exerte, nigra. 
Pistittum. Germen tiareforme, sulcatum, 
superne villosum, ad basin glandulosum. Stylus 
filiformis. Stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bone Spei. 
Floret a mense Aprili in Junium. 
REFERENTIA. 
. Folium lente auctum. 
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2. Idem subtus lente auctum. 
8: Calyx et Corolla. 
. Stamina et Pistillum. 
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. Stamen lente auctum. 
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. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
7. Germen lente auctum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Hearn, with beardless tips just without the blos- 
som; flowers terminal, in very crowded heads, 
and globular ; a dwarf shrub ; leaves by threes, 
heart-shaped, and hairy; branches numerous, 
and crowded. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem low, aspan high; the large and small 
branches ate numerous, crowded together, flexu- 
ose, and spreading. 
Leaves by threes, heart-shaped, spreading, 
rolled back at the edges, hairy on the upper sur- 
face, and woolly beneath. 
Fiowers terminal, crowded very close toge- 
ther at the ends of the branches in upright heads ; 
footstalks short, furnished with. three floral 
leaves. 
Empatement. Cup four-leaved ; leaflets awl- 
shaped, hairy, and pressed to the blossom. 
Buiossom globular, smooth, and white; seg- 
ments of the border round, and spreading. 
Cuives. Eight hair-like threads ; tips beard- . 
less, just without the blossom, and black. 
Porntat. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, 
hairy above, and glandular at the base. Shaft 
thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from April till June. 
REFERENCE. 
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. A Leaf magnified. 
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. The under side of the same magnified. 
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. The Empalement and Blossom. 
4. The Chives and Pointal. 
5. A Chive magnified. 
6. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 
7. The Seed-bud magnified. 
