ERICA obbata, var. umbellata. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Enrica, antheris basi bicornibus, inclusis ; flori- 
bus umbellatis, terminalibus, confertis; corollis 
ventricosis; limbo maximo ; laciniis patentibus, 
glandulis octo fauci circumpositis; foliis qua- 
ternis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Cautis fruticosus, pedalis, ramosus ; rami laxi, 
filiformes. 
Foxia quaterna, reflexa, rigida, ciliata, acu- 
minata, subtus sulcata. 
Frores terminales, umbellati, conferti, pedun- 
culis brevibus, bracteis tribus lanceolatis ciliatis 
adpressis. 
Catyx tetraphyllum ; foliolis lanceolatis, cili- 
atis, adpressis. 
Corotta ventricosa, nitidissime alba, basi 
quadrata, ore arctata, leviter sulcata; limbus maxi- 
mus, laciniis rotundatis patentibus ; glandule 
octo fauci circumposite. 
Sramina. Filamenta octo capillaria; anther» 
incluse, bifide, basi bieornes, 
Pistittum. Germen conicum, basi glandu- 
losum. Stylus filiformis, subexertus. Stigma te» 
tragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bone Spei. 
Floret a mense Maio in Augustum. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Folium. 
2. Calyx. 
3. Corolla. 
4. Lacinia una Limbi aucta. 
5. Stamina et Pistillum, anther una lente 
aucta. 
6. Germen et Stylus, stigmate aucto. 
7. Germen lente auctum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Hearn, with tips two-horned at the base, with- 
in the blossom ; flowers terminating the branches 
in crowded umbels ; blossom bellied ; border large, 
the segments spreading, with eight glands sur- 
rounding the mouth ; leaves by fours. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Srem shrubby, a foot high, branching ; the 
branches are loose and thread-shaped. 
Leaves by fours, reflexed, harsh, fringed, 
sharp-pointed, and furrowed beneath. 
FLowers terminate the branches in umbels 
crowded together, with short footstalks, having 
three lance-shaped fringed floral leaves pressed 
to the cup. 
Empatement four-leaved ; leaflets lance-shaped, 
fringed, and pressed to the blossom. 
Buossom bellied, of a very shining white, 
squared at the base, straitened at the mouth, and 
slightly furrowed ; border very large, the segments 
roundish and spreading ; eight glands surround- 
ing the mouth. 
Cuives. Eight hair-like threads; tips within the 
blossom, two-cleft, and two-horned at the base. 
Pornrar. Seed-vessel conical, glandular at 
the base. Shaft thread-shaped, nearly without 
the blossom. Summit four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from the month of May till August. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A Leaf. 
2. The Empalement. 
3. A Blossom. 
4. One segment of the Border magnified. 
5. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magni- 
fied. 
6. The Seed-bud and Shaft, the summit meg- 
nified. 
7. The Seed-bud magnified. 
