ERICA odorata. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Enrica, antheris muticis, inclusis: foliis oblique 
sparsis, obtusis : floribus umbellatis, albis, odo- 
ratis, campanulatis: pedunculis longissimis : ra- 
mis paucis, simplicibus. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Cauuis fruticosus, pedalis: ramis paucis, sub- 
erectis, simplicibus, filiformibus. 
Foua Sparsa, sepe quaterna, arcuata, mar- 
gine glanduloso-denticulata, obtusa, supra pla- 
niuscula, subtus sulco exarata: petiolis longis. 
FLores numerosi, sub apice ramorum umbel- 
lati, penduli: pedunculi flore triplo longiores, 
flavescentes, yiscidi: bracteis tribus minutis in- 
structi. 
Catyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum : foliolis 
ovatis, viscosis, adpressis, 
Corotia campanulata, magna, alba, viscosa, 
lucida, melliodora : laciniis rotundatis, reflexis, 
Stamina. Filamenta octo linearia : antheris 
muticis, inclusis, 
Pistintum. Germen tiareforme, sulcatum, 
glandulis octo ad basin germinis, Stylus fili- 
formis, sub-exertus. Stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bone Spei. 
Floret a mense Aprili in Julium, 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Pagina inferior folii lente aucta. 
2. Calyx. 
3. Stamina et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
- 4, Germen lente auctum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Hearn, with beardless tips within the blossom : 
leaves grow scattered, and are blunt-ended : 
flowers grow in umbels, are white, sweet-scented, 
and bell-shaped : footstalks very long: branches 
few, and simple. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem shrubby, a foot high: branches few, 
nearly upright, simple, and thread-shaped. 
LEAvEs grow scattered, sometimes by fours, 
bowed, appearing toothed by small glands at the 
edges, blunt-ended, flattish on their upper sur- 
face, and deeply furrowed beneath: footstalks 
long. 
FLowers numerous, growing in umbels at 
the ends of the branches, and hanging down : 
footstalks thrice the length of the blossom, yel- 
lowish, clammy, and furnished with three mi- 
nute floral leaves. 
Empatement. Cup four-leayed : leaflets ovate, 
viscous, and pressed to the blossom. 
Briossom bell-shaped, large, white, viscous, 
shining, and honey-scented : segments rounded, 
and reflexed. 
Curves. Eight hair-like threads : tips beard- 
less, and within the blossom. 
Pornrat. Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, 
with eight glands at the base of the seed-bud. 
Shaft thread-shaped, and just without the blos- 
som. Summit four-cornered, 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from April till July. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The under side of a leaf magnified, 
2. The Empalement. 
3. Chives and Pointal, summit magnified. 
4. Seed-bud magnified. 
