ERICA leucanthera. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anther.® cristatae^ inclusae. Flores in ramulis termi¬ 
nales^ conferti^ racemosi. Pedunculi breves. Corolla 
urceolata^ alba. Folia terna, trigona, glabra, obtusa, 
adpressa. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis. Rami et ramuli 
filiformes. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers termi¬ 
nate the small branches, clustered together, and forming- 
long bunches. Footstalks short. Blossom pitcher-shaped 
and white. Leaves by threes, three-sided, smooth, blunt, 
and pressed to the stem. Stem shrubby, a foot high. 
The larger and smaller branches are thread-shaped. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from January till March. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A blossom with its empalement. 
2. The empalement magnified. 
3. The chives and pointal magnified. 
