ERICA Bruniades. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
JiRiCA, antheris muticis, exfertis, floribus ter- 
minalibus, feflilibus, fub-ternis; corollis albidis, 
urceolatis, tebtis calyce lanato; calycis foliolis 
ovatis, carneis; foliis ternis, linearibus, obtufis, 
margine revolutis, pilofis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis filiformis, fub-erectus, glaber, flexuo- 
fus; rami filiformes, villofi, ramuli capillar es, 
frequentes, tomentofi. 
Folia terna, linearia, obtufa; feniora, reflexa, 
juniora patentia, margine pilis longis hirta. 
Flores in extremis ramulis terminales, fef- 
files, fub-terni; bracteis tribus, minutis, adpreffis. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
ovatis, concavis, exterioribus totis denfifftme 
albo-lanatis, interioribus carneis. 
Corolla urceolata, pubefcens, alba, tota tebta 
calyce lanato; oris laciniis patentibus, obtufis. 
Stamina. Filamenta obto capillaria. An¬ 
theris muticis, exfertis, atris. 
Pistillum. Germen turbinatum, pubefcen- 
tem, ad bafm glandulofum. Stylus filiformis, 
ftaminibus paulo longior. Stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonas Spei. 
Floret a menfi Februarii in Junium. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Folium unum, lente aubtum. 
2 . Calyx. 
3. Calyx, aubtus. 
4. Corolla. 
5. Corolla, aucta. 
6 . Stamina, et Piftillum. 
7. Stamina a Piftillo didudla. 
8 . Stamen unum, aubtum. 
Q. Piftillum, aubtum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with beardlefs tips, without the blofTom, 
flowers terminating the fmaller branches, nearly 
without foot-ftalks, moftly by threes; bloffoms 
white, pitcher-fhaped, and covered by a woolly 
cup; the leaflets of the cup are egg-fhaped, and 
flefh-coloured ; the leaves grow by threes, are li¬ 
near, blunt, rolled back at the edge, and hairy. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem thread-fhaped, nearly upright, fmooth, 
and growing zig-zag; the branches are thread- 
fhaped, and hairy; the fmaller branches are hair¬ 
like, numerous, and downy. 
Leaves grow by threes, are linear, and blunt, 
the older ones are bent back, the younger ones 
fpreading out, the edge covered with Jong hairs. 
Flowers grow at the extremity of the younger 
branches, fitting clofe, and moftly by threes; 
three fmall floral leaves, prefled to the cup. 
Empalement. Cup of four leaves, which are 
egg-fhaped, concave, on their outfides covered 
with a thick white wool, and on their infides 
flefh coloured. 
Blossom pitcher-fhaped, downy, white, and 
covered totally by a woolly cup; the fegments of 
the mouth are fpread out, and blunt. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads. Tips beard¬ 
lefs, without the blofTom, and black. 
Pointal. Seed bud turban fhape, downy, 
and glandular at the bafe. Shaft thread-fhaped, 
a little longer than the chives. Summit four- cor¬ 
nered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from February, till June. 
REFERENCE. 
1 . A Leaf, magnified. 
2 . The Empalement. 
3. The Empalement, magnified. 
4. The BlofTom. 
5. The BlofTom, magnified. 
6 . The Chives, and Pointal. 
7 . The Chives, detached from the Pointal. 
8 . A Chive, magnified. 
9 . The Pointal, magnified. 
