ERICA margaritacea* 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje cristatae, inclusae. Flores terminales, sub» 
cernui, umbellulati. Corolla urceolata, alba $ laciniae 
limbi obtusae, erecto-patulae. Folia quaterna, lineari» 
trigona, erecta, glabra. Caulis erectus, sesquipedalis, 
ramosus. Ramuli frequentissimi, erecti. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers terminate 
the branches, are a little bent downwards, and grow in 
small bunches. Blossom pitcher-shaped, and white. 
The segments of the border are blunt, upright, and 
spreading. Leaves by fours, linearly three-sided, up» 
right, and smooth. Stem upright, a foot and a half 
high, branching; the small branches are numerous, and 
upright. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from June till September. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement magnified. 
2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
S. Seed-bud and pointal, magnified. 
