ERICA fastigiata. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje muticae, inclusae. Flores terminales., qua¬ 
terni^ fastigiati, subsessiles. Calyx duplex 5 exterior 
triphyllus, adpressus, marginibus membranaceis, serru- 
latis. Corolla alba, pellucida, ad basin inflata. Folia 
quaterna, linearia, glabra. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis, 
flexuosus $ ramulis numerosis. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers ter¬ 
minal, in fours, nearly sessile, forming level-topt 
bunches. Empalement double 5 the outer one three¬ 
leaved and pressed to the inner 5 the margins skinny and 
serrulated. Blossom white, pellucid, and swelled at 
the base. Leaves by fours, linear, and smooth. Stem 
shrubby, a foot high, flexuose 5 the branches nu¬ 
merous. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from December till May. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement. 
2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
3. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
4. Seed-bud magnified. 
