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ERICA caffra. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris arifiatis, inclufis, ftylo exferto; 
corollis campanulatis, albidis; floribus umbella- 
tis, fecundis, cernuis, odoratiffimis; foliis qua- 
ternis, linearibus, fcabridis. 
DESCRIPT IO. 
Caulis frudticofus, pedalis, rami et ramuli 
erecti, cinereo-tomentofi, rigidi. 
Folia quaterna, linearia, obtufa, fubciliata, 
fcabrida, patentia ; petiolis breviffimis, adpreffis. 
Flores in ramis fupremis racemofi, fecundi, 
cernui, umbellati; pedunculi breviffimi, brac- 
teis tribus minutis inftructi. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
acuminatis, breviffimis, glabris, adpreffis. 
Corolla campanulata, minuta, odoratiffima, 
alba; laciniis ere&is, apicibus parum reflexis. 
Stamina. Filamenta 06I0 capillaria, apice 
curvata. Anther® ariftat®, incluf®. 
Pistillum. Germen fub-globofum, fulca- 
tum. Stylus exfertus. Stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bon® Spei. 
Floret a menli Octobris, in Februarium. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Folium unum, lente auctum. 
2. Calyx, et Corolla. 
3 . Calyx, lente audtus. 
4 . Stamina, lente audta. 
5 . Pitlillum, lente audtum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with bearded tips, within the bloffom ; 
the ffiaft without; the bloffoms bell-ffiaped and 
white; flowers grow in bunches, pointing all 
one way, nodding and very fweet; leaves grow 
by fours, linear and rough. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem fhrubby, growing a foot high, the larger 
and fmaller branches grow upright, of an affi 
colour, d,owny and harffi. 
Leaves grow by fours, linear, obtufe, a 
little hairy, roughiffi and fpreading; with very 
ffiort foot-fialks, preffed to the branches. 
Flowers grow on the upper branches in 
loofe fpikes, pointing one way, nodding and in 
bunches; the foot-ftalks very ffiort, having 
three fmall floral leaves. 
Empalement. Cup of four leaves, which 
are tapered, very ffiort, fmooth and preffed to 
the bloffom. 
Blossom, bell-ffiaped, fmall, fweet-fcented, 
and white; the fegments upright, with the points 
a little bent outwards. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, curved at 
the end. Tips bearded, and within the blof¬ 
fom. 
Pointal. Seed-bud nearly globular and fur¬ 
rowed. Shaft without the bloffom. Summit 
four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from October, till February. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A Leaf, magnified. 
2. The Empalement, and Bloffom. 
3. The Empalement, magnified. 
4. The Chives, magnified. 
5. The Pointal, magnified. 
