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ERICA emarginata. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris cristatis, sub-inclusis : floribus 
terminalibus. Calyx emarginatus. Corolla cam- 
panulata, alba. Folia terna. Caulis erectus, 
dumosus. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Cauuis fruticosus, erectus, pedalis. Rami et 
ramuli numerosi, erecto-patentes. 
Fora terna, trigona, crassa, rigida, revoluta, 
acuta, glabra, supra plana, subtus canaliculata: 
marginibus minute fimbriatis. 
Fores ramulos terminant, plerumque terni. 
Pedunculi albi, bracteis tribus instructi, pilis 
nigris emarginatis. 
Catyx tetraphyllus: foliolis ovatis, albis, ad- 
pressis, pilis nigris emarginatis, 
Corotta campanulata, alba: oris laciniis 
ewqualibus, revolutis. 
Sramina, Filamenta octo capillaria. An- 
there cristata, sub-inclusa. 
Pistittum. Germen tiareforme, sulcatum, 
ad basin nectariferum. Stylus exertus. Stigma 
tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bone Spei. 
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Floret a mense Aprili in Julium. 
REFERENTIA. 
1, Folium lente auctum. 
2. Idem subtus lente auctum. 
3. Calyx lente auctus, 
4, Stamina et Pistillum, anthera unica lente 
aucta. 
5. Germen et Pistillum lente aucta. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Hearn, with crested tips, just within the blos- 
som. Flowers terminal. Empalement emargi- 
nated. Blossom bell-shaped and white. Leaves 
by threes. Stem upright, and bushy. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Srem shrubby, upright, a foot high, The 
large and small branches are numerous, erect, 
and spreading. 
Leaves by threes, three-sided, thick, rigid, 
rolled back, pointed and smooth, flat on their 
upper surface and channelled beneath; with 
minutely fringed edges. 
Frowers terminate the smaller branches, 
mostly by threes. Footstalks white, and fur- 
nished with three floral leaves emarginated with 
black hairs. 
Emparement four-leayed. Leaflets are ovate, 
white, pressed to the blossom, and emarginated 
with black hairs. 
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Brossom bell-shaped and white : the segments 
of the border are equal, and rolled back. 
Cuives. Eight hair-like threads. Tips crested, 
and just within the blossom. 
Pointax. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, 
with honey-cups at the base. Shaft without. 
Summit four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from April till July. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A Leaf magnified, 
2. The under side of the same magnified. 
3. Empalement magnified. 
4. Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified. 
5. Seed-bud and Pointal magnified. 
