ERICA pallens. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Errca, antheris muticis, inclusis : floribus tubu- 
losis, umbellatis: corollis pallidis: foliis ternis, 
tomentosis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Cavtis humilis, fruticosus, semi-pedalis, Rami 
et ramuli numerosi, patentes. 
Fou terna, subulata, tomentosa, supra plana, 
subtus sulcata, albo-virescentia. 
Frores terminales, in umbellis ternis vel senis, 
‘sub-sessiles, bracteis tribus lanceolatis instructi. 
Catyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum ;  foliolis 
spathulatis, pallidis, 
Corot1a tubulosa, luteo-alba, horizontaliter 
sita ; oris laciniis rotundatis, erecto-patentibus. 
Stamina. Filamenia octo capillaria; antheris 
muticis, inclusis. 
Pistittum. Germen tiareforme. Stylus exer- 
tus, filiformis. Stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bone Spei. 
Floret a mense Aprili in Julium. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Pagina inferior Folii lente aucta. 
2. Calyx lente auctus. 
3. Stamina a Pistillo diducta. 
4, Stamen unum lente auctum. 
5. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
6. Germen lente auctum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Hearu, with beardless tips, within the blossom. 
Flowers tubular, and grow in umbels. Blos- 
soms of a pale colour. Leaves by threes, and 
downy. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem low, shrubby, half a foot high. The 
small and large branches are numerous, and 
spreading. 
Leaves by threes, awl-shaped and downy, flat 
on the upper surface, furrowed beneath, and of 
a whitish green, 
Fiowers terminate the branches in umbels of 
from three to six, nearly sessile, and furnished 
with three lance-shaped floral leaves. 
Empatement. Cup four-leaved ; leaflets spa- 
thula-shaped, and of a pale colour. 
Brossom tubular, of a yellowish white colour, 
and standing in a horizontal direction. Seg- 
ments of the border roundish, and between erect 
and spreading. 
Cuives. Eight hair-like filaments ; tips beard- 
less, and within the blossom. 
Pornrat. Seed-bud turban-shaped. Shaft 
without the blossom, and thread-shaped. Sum- 
mit 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 magnified. 
3. The Chives and Pointal detached from the 
blossom. 
4A. A Chive magnified. 
5. The Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magni- 
fied. | 
6. The Seed-bud magnified. 
