ERICA nitida» 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje cristatae, inclusae. Flores in ramulis termi¬ 
nales,, umbellate terni vel quini,, cernui. Pedunculi 
breves, bracteis tribus calyciformibus adpressis. Corolla 
ovata, inflata, crystallino-alba, nitida, magnitudine pisi j 
laciniis revolutis, Folia terna, obtusa, linearia, erecto- 
patentia. Caulis fruticosus, erectus, sesquipedalis > ra¬ 
mulis numerosis. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips crested, and within the blossom. Flowers ter¬ 
minate the small branches in umbels of from 3 to 5, 
nodding. Footstalks short, with three floral leaves of 
the shape of the cup, and pressed to it. Blossom egg- 
shaped and swelled out, of a crystalline white, shining, 
and of the size of a pea: segments of the border rolled 
back. Leaves by threes, obtuse, linear, and between 
erect and spreading. Stem shrubby, upright, a foot and 
a half high, with numerous small branches. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from July till October. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement magnified. 
2. The chives spread open, one tip magnified, 
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified, 
4. Seed-bud magnified. 
