ERICA capitata. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Erica, antheris muticis, fub-inclufis; corollis 
globofts, albidis, tomentofis, tedtis calyce mag- 
no, hifpido, colorato; foliis ternis, pilofis. 
Heath, with beardlefs tips, juft within the blof- 
foms, which arc globular, white and downy, be¬ 
ing covered with a large, hairy, coloured cup ; 
leaves grow by threes, and are hairy. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Caulis eredtus, laxus, filiformis, fufcus; rami 
filiform es, yilloli; ramuli capillares, frequentes, 
tomentofi. 
Stem upright, weak, thread - fhaped, and 
brown; branches thread fhaped, and hairy; fmall 
branches like hairs, numerous, and downy. 
Folia terna, linearia, obtula, dorfo fulcata, 
pilis longis hirta; petiolis breviffimis, adpreffis. 
Leaves grow by threes, linear, blunt, furrowed 
at the back, and covered with long, harfh hairs; 
foot-flalks very ffiort, and prefled to the branches. 
Flores in extremis ramulis terminales bini, 
vel terni, cernuo-patenti; pedunculi breviffimi, 
bracteis tribus, minutis, adpreffis, inftructi. 
Flowers grow at the extremity of the fmaller 
branches, by twos or threes, fpreading out, and 
nodding; foot-ftalks very ffiort, having three fmall 
floral leaves, which are prefled to the bloffiom. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
ovatis, concavis, incurvatis maximis, totis den- 
fiffime hirtis, adpreffis, luteo-viridis. 
Empalement. Cup of four leaves, which are 
egg-fhaped, concave, turned inwards, very large, 
quite covered with ftrong hairs, prefled to the 
bloffoms, and of a yellow-green. 
Corolla fub-globofa, alba, lanata, in frnu 
calycis fere recondita. 
Blossom nearly globular, white and woolly, 
almoft hid within the cup. 
Stamina. Filamenta odto capillaria, recep- 
taculo inferta. Antheras muticas fub-inclufas. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, fixed into 
the receptacle. Tips beardlefs, and nearly within 
the bloffiom. 
Pistillum. Germen fubrotundum, apice pi- 
lofum. Stylus filiformis, exfertus. Stigma te- 
tragonum. 
Pointal. Seed-bud nearly round, and hairy 
at the end. Shaft thread-fhaped, and without 
the bloffiom. Summit four-cornered. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonse Spei. 
Native of the Cape of Good Flope. 
Floret a menti Julii, in Odlobrem. 
Flowers from the month of July, till October. 
REFERENTIA. 
REFERENCE. 
1. Calyx, et Corolla. 
1. Empalement, and Bloffiom. 
2 . Corolla. 
2. A Bloffiom. 
3. Calyx, lente audlus. 
3. The Empalement, magnified. 
4. Stamina, et Piftillum. 
4. The Chives, and Pointal. 
5. Stamina a Pifiillo didudta, anthera una 
lente audta. 
5. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one 
Tip magnified. 
6. Stylus, et Stigma, lente audta. 
6. The Shaft, and its Summit, magnified. 
