ERICA staminea. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, staminibusque extra 
flores solitarios divaricato-cernuis, foltis ternatis, 
ramis verticillatis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Cauuis fruticosus, bipedalis, ramis numerosis, 
verticillatis patulis. 
Fou1a ternata, erecta, parva, carnosd, lucida, 
subtus sulcata, petiolis ramulos adpressis. 
Fiores solitarii, terminales, in ramulos per- 
numerosos, laterales, ternatos, et paulo declinatos ; 
pedunculi bracteis tribus instructi. 
Catyx< tetraphyllus, foliolis ovatis. 
Coxo.ta parva, tetragona, luteo-albida, laciniis 
patentibus rotundatis. 
Sramina octo, capillaria, pralonga, extra flores 
plus minusve pendula ; antheree mutice. 
Pisti.Lum. Germen tiareeforme, lanuginosum ; 
stylus filiformis. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonz Spei. 
Floret a mense Junio ad Septembrem. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Folium lente auctum. 
2. Calyx. 
3. Corolla. 
4, Calyx cum bracteis lente auctus. 
5. Corolla varietatis albz. 
6. Stamina et Pistillum, lente aucta. 
7. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
8. Germen lente auctum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Hearn, with beardless tips, and chives divari- 
cately cernuous from the solitary flowers, leaves in 
threes, and branches whorled. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Srxem shrubby, two feet high, with numerous 
whorled branches, very slightly spreading. 
Leaves in threes, erect, small, fleshy, shining, 
furrowed beneath, with petioles pressed to the 
branchlets. 
Frowers solitary, terminal, on very numerous, 
lateral, ternate, and slightly drooping branches ; 
peduncles furnished with three floral leaves. 
EmpaLeMeEnt four-leaved, with the leaflets egg- 
shaped. 
Bossom small, square, of a yellow-white co- 
lour, with segments spreading and rounded. 
Curves eight, capillary, very long, and hanging 
more or less out of the flower; tips beardless. 
Pointau. Seed-bud turban-shaped, woolly ; 
shaft thread-shaped. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from the month of June till September. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A Leaf magnified. 
2. The Empalement. 
3. A Blossom. 
4, The Empalement and floral leaves magnified. 
5. A Blossom of a white variety. 
6. The Chives and Pointal magnified. 
7. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 
8. The Seed-bud magnified. 
