ERICA Eriocephala, 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje muticae, exertae, Flores, in ramulorum 
apice, umbellati, seu capitati, copiosi. Corolla urceo- 
lata, alba, tenuissime alba lana tecta, foliolis calycis 
vestita, lanugine albicante densissime obsitis. Folia 
terna, pubescentia, obtusa. Caulis erectus, spithameus. 
Rami et ramuli numerosissimi, pilosi. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, without the blossom. Flowers grow 
at the ends of the small branches in umbels or heads, 
very abundant. Blossom pitcher-shaped and white, 
slightly covered with white wool, clothed with the leaf¬ 
lets of the cup, which are thickly covered with a 
whitish wool. Leaves by threes, covered with soft 
hair, and obtuse. Stem upright, a span high. The 
large and small branches are very numerous, and hairy. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from May till August. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A leaf magnified. 
2 . The empalement and floral leaves magnified, 
3. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 
4. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
5. Seed-bud magnified. 
