ERICA nigrita. 
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CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, exfertis, atris; flores 
fubterni, albi; corolla campanulata, laciniis re- 
volutis, maximis; foliis ternis, nitidis, patenti- 
bus. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis fruticofus, eredtus, pedalis; rami et 
ramuli frequentiflimi, fub-eredti, virgati, fub- 
tomentoli. 
Folia tern a, nitida, glabra, fub-triquetra, ob- 
tufa, patentia, cralTa; petiolis adpreflis. 
Flores in apicibus ramulorum terminales, 
fub-terni; pedunculi albi; bradleae ovatae, acutae, 
alb ss, calyci approximatae, imbricatae, calyci- 
foi'mes. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis, 
ovatis, acutis, albis, laxis, longitudine fere co- 
rollag. 
Corolla campanulata, albida; laciniis oris 
revolutis, majoribus. 
Stamina. Filamenta o6to, capillaria, recep- 
taculo inferta. Antherae muticae, exfertae, atrae. 
Pistillum. Germen fub-ovatum, leviterful- 
catum, ad balin glandulofum. Stylus filifor- 
mis, flaminibus paulo longior. Stigma pelta- 
turn, fub-tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Floret a menfi Aprili, in Julium. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Calyx, et Corolla. 
2. Calyx, lente audtus. 
3. Stamina, et Piftillum. 
4. Stamina a Piftillo didudta, Anthera una 
lente audta. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with beardlefs tips, without the bloffom, 
and black; flowers grow moftly by threes, and 
white; bloffom bell-fhaped; fegments rolled 
back, and very large; leaves grow by threes, 
fhining, and fpreading. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem flirubby, upright, grows a foot high; 
the larger and fmaller branches are numerous, 
nearly upright, twiggy, and a little downy. 
Leaves grow by threes, fliine, fmooth, nearly 
three-fided, blunt, fpreading, and thick; foot- 
ftalks preffed to the Item. 
Flowers grow from the ends of the fmall 
branches, moftly by threes; with white foot- 
ftalks; floral leaves egg-Aaped, fharp-ended, 
white, clofe to the cup, tiled, and like thofe of 
the cup. 
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Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg- 
Aaped, pointed, white, loofe, nearly the length 
of the bloffom. 
Blossom bell-Aaped, white; the fegments of 
the mouth are rolled back, and larger than the 
tube. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads fixed into the 
receptacle. Tips beardlefs, without the bloffom, 
and black. 
Point al. Seed-bud nearly egg-Aaped, 
flightly furrowed, glandular at the bafe. Shaft 
thread-Aaped, a little longer than the chives. 
Summit Aield-Aaped, almoft four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from April, till July. 
REFERENCE. 
], The Empalement, and Bloffom. 
2. The Empalement, magnified. 
3. The Chives, and Pointal. 
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one 
Tip magnified. 
5. The Pointal, magnified. 
5. Piftillum, audtum. 
