ERICA vestita alba 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Erica, antheris muticis, sub-inclusis; folia sena, 
tremulenta, linearia, conferta, attenuata in petiolos 
capillares j floribus clavatis, albidis. 
Heath, with beardless tips, just within the blos¬ 
soms ; leaves grow by sixes, are tremulous, linear, 
and crowded together, tapering into hair-like foot¬ 
stalks ; the flowers are club-shaped, and white. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Caulis tripedalis, laxus, erectus, basi simpli- 
cissimus, ramis simplicibus adscendentibus. 
Stem grows three feet high, loose and upright, 
simple at the base, with simple ascending branches. 
Folia sena, conferta, glabra, linearia, tremu¬ 
lenta, subtus sulcata, attenuata in petiolos capillares 
semiunguiculares. 
Leaves grow by sixes, crowded together, 
smooth, linear, tremulous, furrowed underneath, 
and tapering into hair-like foot-stalks a quarter of 
an inch in length. 
Flores in ramulis verticillati, erecto-patentes j 
pedunculis brevibus bracteis tribus instructis. 
Flowers grow in whorls upon the smaller 
branches, upright, and spreading; with short foot¬ 
stalks having three floral leaves. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
subulatis, adpressis, glabris, viscosis. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, which are 
awl-shaped, pressed to the blossom, smooth, and 
clammy. 
Corolla clavata, pollicaris, alba, pubescens; 
oris laciniis patentibus. 
Blossom club-shaped, an inch long, white and 
downy, the segments of the mouth are spread 
outward. 
Stamina. Filamenta octo capillaria; antherae 
muticas, subinclusae. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, tips beardless, 
and just within the blossom. 
Pistillum. Germen turbinatum, summum pilis 
longis coronatum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. 
Stigma tetragonum. 
Pointal. Seed-vessel turban-shaped, the top 
being crowned with long hairs. Shaft thread¬ 
shaped, and without the blossom. Summit four- 
cornered. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonee Spei. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Floret a mense Julii in Decembrem. 
Flowers from July till December. 
REFERENTIA. 
REFERENCE. 
1. Calyx et Corolla. 
1. The Empalement and Blossom. 
2. Calyx lente auctus. 
2. The Empalement magnified. 
3. Stamina et Pistillum. 
3. The Chives and Pointal. 
4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta; anthera una lente 
aucta. 
5. Stylus et Stigma lente aucti. 
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one 
tip magnified. 
5. The Shaft and its Summit magnified. 
