ERICA lanata. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers muticae, sub-exertae. Flores in extremis 
ramulis terminales, quaterni, adpressi, cemuo-patentes; 
pedunculis brevissimis. Calyx duplex; exterius triphyl- 
lum, interius tetraphyllum; foliolis ovatis, concavis, in¬ 
curvatis, lana densa tectis, adpressis. Corolla sub-glo- 
bosa, albida, lanata, in sinu calycis fere recondita. Folia 
terna, cuneata, marginibus revolutis, lanata. Caulis 
laxus, sesquipedalis. Rami et ramuli numerosi, laxi, 
tomentosi. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, just without the blossom. Flowers 
terminate the extremity of the branches by fours, pressed 
together, are nodding, and spreading; with very short 
footstalks. Empalement double; the outer three-leaved, 
the inner one four-leaved: the leaflets are ovate, con¬ 
cave, turned inwards, covered by a thick wool, and 
pressed to the flowers. Blossom nearly globular, whitish, 
woolly, and nearly hid within the cup. Leaves by 
threes, wedge-shaped, rolled back at the edges, and 
woolly. Stem weak, a foot and a half high. The large 
and small branches are numerous, weak, and downy. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from July till December. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The under side of a leaf magnified. 
2. A blossom. 
3. The empalement magnified. 
4. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 
5 . Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
