ERICA physodes* 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris cristatis, inclusis; corollis ova- 
tis, inflatis, glabris, viscosis, crystalling albis; 
fbliis quaternis, marginibus glandulosis, obtusis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis fruticosus, bipedalis, erectus; rami 
erecti, ramulosi. 
Folia quaterna, obtusa, lato-linearia, cari- 
nata, curvata, margine glandulosa, viscosa, pa- 
tentia. 
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Flores umbellate sub-quaterni, cernui, ad 
apices ramulorum; pedunculi mediocres, bracteis 
minutis, distantibus. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
ovatis, brevissimis, adpressis, viscosis. 
Corolla ovata, alba,, crystallina, magnitu- 
dine pisi; laciniis acuminatis, erectis. 
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria; an¬ 
ther® cristat®, inclus®. 
Pistillum. Germen globosum, sulcatum. 
Stylus sub-inclusus. Stigma tetragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bon® Spei. 
Floret a mense Februario in Julium. 
RE FERE NT I A. 
1. Folium lente auctum. 
2. Calyx et Corolla. 
3. Calyx lente auctus. 
4. Stamina et Pistillum. 
5. Stamen lente auctum. 
, 6. Pistillum lente auctum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, 
Heath, with crested tips within the blossoms, 
which are egg-shaped, swelled out, smooth, clam¬ 
my, like crystal, and white; leaves grow by 
fours, have glandular edges, and are blunt-ended. 
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DESCRIPTION. 
Stem shrubby, grows two feet high, upright; 
the branches grow upright, and have numerous 
little branches. 
Leaves grow by fours, are blunt, broadly 
linear, keeled, curved, the edges glandular, 
clammy, and spreading. 
Flowers grow in umbels of mostly four to¬ 
gether, hanging down from the ends of the 
smaller branches; the footstalks of the length 
of the blossoms, with floral leaves that are very 
small, and placed at a distance from the blossom. 
Empalement. Cup of four leaves, which are 
egg-shaped, very short, pressed to the blossom, 
and clammy. 
Blossom egg-shaped, white, and like crystal, 
the size of a pea; segments of the border taper¬ 
ing and upright. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads; tips crested, 
and within the blossom. 
Pointal. Seed-bud globular, and furrowed. 
Shaft just within the blossom. Summit four- 
cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from February till July. 
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REFERENCE. 
1. A Leaf magnified. 
2. The Empalement and Blossom. 
3. The Empalement magnified. 
4. The Chives and Pointal, 
5. A Chive magnified. 
6. The Pointal magnified. 
