ERICA lanata. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis sub-exsertis ; floribus 
quaternis, adpressis, sub-globosis, albidis, tomen- 
tosis, calyce magno lanato tectis; foliis ternis, 
caine: lanatis; caulis laxus, filiformis, la- 
natus. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Cautts erectus, laxus, filiformis, fuscus, ses- 
quipedalis ; rami et ramuli numerosi, laxi, to- 
mentosi. 
Fortra terna, cuneata, supra plana, margini- 
bus revolutis, Janata. 
Fores in extremis ramulis terminales, qua- 
terni, adpressi, cernuo-patentes, pedunculis 
brevissimis. 
Catyx. Perianthium duplex ; exterius tri- 
phyllum, interius tetraphyllum ; foliolis ovatis, 
concavis, incurvatis, land densa tectis, adpressis, 
Coroiia sub-globosa, albida, lanata, in sinu 
calycis fere recondita. 
Stamina, Filamenta octo capillaria, recepta- 
culo inserta; anthera mutice, sub-exserta. 
Pistittum. Germen tiareforme, apice lana- 
tum. Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput is Soa 
Floret a mense Julii in Bec cba 
REFERENTIA, 
1. Folium auctum. 
2. Idem subtus. 
3. Calyx et Corolla. 
4. Corolla. 
5. Calyx lente auctus. , 
6. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, anthera uni 
lente aucia. 
7. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto, 
8. Germen lente auctum, 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Hearn, with beardless tips just within the blos- 
som; flowers by fours, pressed together, nearly 
globular, whitish, and downy, covered by a large 
woolly cup; leaves by threes, wedge-shaped, 
and woolly; stem weak, thread-shaped, and 
woolly. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem upright, weak, thread-shaped, and 
brownish, a foot and a half high; the small 
and large branches are numerous, weak, and 
downy. 
Leaves by threes, wedge-shaped, flat on their 
upper surface, rolled back at the edges, and 
woolly. 
Fiowers terminate the extremity of the 
branches by fours, pressed together, are nodding 
and spreading, with very short footstalks, 
Empatement. Cup double ; the outer three- 
leaved, the inner four-leavyed; the leaflets are 
ovate, concave, and turned inwards, covered by 
a thick wool, and pressed to the blossom. 
Brossom nearly globular, whitish, woolly, 
and nearly hid within the cup. 
Curves. Eight hair-like threads, inserted into 
the receptacle ; tips beardless, and just without 
the blossom. 
Ponta. Seed-bud turban-shaped, woolly 
on the upper part. Shaft thread-shaped. Sum- 
mit four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from the month of J uly till December. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A Leaf magnified. 
2. The underside of the same. 
3. The Empalement and Blossom. 
4. A Blossom. 
5. The Empalement magnified, 
6. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one 
tip magnified. 
7. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified, 
8. The Seed-bud magnified. 
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