ERICA Bruinades. ' 
DESCRIPTIO, 
Anthers muticae, exsertae. Flores urceolati, pubes¬ 
centes, albi, in toto tecti calyce lanato j calycis foliolis 
ovatis, carneis. Folia terna, linearia, obtusa, margine 
pilis longis hirta. Caulis filiformis, flexuosus. Ramuli 
capillares, frequentes, tomentosL 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tip s beardless, without the blossom. Flowers pitcher¬ 
shaped, downy and white, and covered totally by a 
woolly cup 3 the leaflets of the cup are egg-shaped, 
and flesh-coloured. Leaves by threes, linear and blunt, 
the edges covered with long hairs. Stem thread-shaped, 
very flexible. The smaller branches hair-like, numerous 
and downy. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope, 
In bloom from February till June. 
REFERENCE. 
1, The empalement. 
2. The blossom. 
S. The chives detached from the pointal, one tip magnified. 
4. The seed-bud and pointal magnified. 
