ERI CA petiolata. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Earca, antheris muticis, sub-exertis; corollis ter- 
minalibus, ternatis, campanulatis, albis; foliis 
ternis, cuneatis, petiolis longissimis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Surrrutex pygmeus. Caulis ramosus, semi- 
pedalis. Rami patentes; ramuli numerosi, con- 
ferti. 
Fouta terna, patentia, cuneata, latiuscula, 
crassiuscula, et lucida, subtus sulcata; petiolis 
longissimis. 
Frores terminales, plerumque ternati, sub- 
erecti; pedunculi brevissimi. 
Caryx duplex; exterius triphyllum, foliolis 
‘spatulatis ; interius tetraphyllum, foliolis longi- 
oribus, ad basin late oyatis, 
Coro..a campanulata, alba, laciniis semi- 
rotundis, patentibusque. 
Sramina octo capillatia; anthere mutice, sub- 
exerte. 
Pistittum. Germen tiareforme, albicans. 
Stylus filiformis. Stigma tetragonum, concavum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonz Spei. 
Floret a mense Maii in Julium. 
REFERENTIA. 
Folium. 
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we 
Calyx lente auctus. 
a 
Corolla, 
cs 
. Stamina et Pistillum. 
or 
Anthera unica lente aucta. 
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- Germen et pistillum, Stigmate lente aucto. 
el 
. Germen lente auctum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Hearn, with beardless tips, just without the 
blossom; blossoms terminate the branches by 
threes, are bell-shaped, and white; leaves by 
threes, wedge-shaped, footstalks very long, 
DESCRIPTION. 
A pwarrisa little shrub. Stem branching, 
half a foot high. 
smaller branches are numerous, and crowded to- 
Branches spreading; the 
gether. 
Leaves by threes, spreading, and wedge- 
shaped, broadish, and rather thick, shining, and 
furrowed beneath ; with very long footstalks, 
Fiowers terminal, chiefly in threes, nearly 
upright ; peduncles very short. 
Empatement double: the outer one three- 
leaved, leaflets spatula-shaped ; the inner one is 
four-leaved, longer than the outer, and broadly 
egg-shaped at the base. 
Brossom bell-shaped, and white; with the seg- 
ments half round, and spreading. 
Cuives. Eight hair-like threads ; tips beard- 
less, just without the blossom. 
Potnrat. Seed-bud turban-shaped, and whitish. 
Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-angled, and 
hollow. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
_ Flowers from the month of May till July. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A leaf, 
2. The Empalement magnified. 
— 
A Blossom. 
. The Chives and Pointal. 
Ps 
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. A Chive magnified. 
a 
. The Seed-bud and Pointal, summit mag- 
nified. 
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Seed-bud magnified. 
