ERICA nigrita. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anther^e muticae, exertae, atrae. Flores in apicibus 
ramulorum terminales, sub-terni. Corolla campanu- 
lata, albida 3 laciniis oris revolutis, et tubo majoribus. 
Folia terna, glabra, nitida, sub-triquetra, obtusa, crassa. 
Caulis fruticosus, erectus, pedalis. Rami et ramuli 
frequentissimi, sub-erecti, virgati. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, without the blossom, and black. 
Flowers grow from the ends of the small branches, 
mostly by threes. Blossom bell-shaped and white 5 the 
segments of the mouth are rolled back, and larger than 
the tube. Leaves by threes, smooth, shining, nearly 
three-sided, blunt, and thick. Stem shrubby, upright, 
a foot high. The larger and smaller branches are nu¬ 
merous, nearly upright, and twiggy. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope, 
In bloom from April till July. 
REFERENCE. ^ 
1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 
2. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and pointal magnified. 
