ERICA obbata, var« umhellata • 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anther.® inclusae, basi bicornes. Flores terminales^ 
umbellati, conferti, pedunculis brevibus. Corolla ven- 
iricosa, nitidissime alba, basi quadrata, ore arctata, levi¬ 
ter sulcata. Limbus maximus$ laciniis rotundatis, paten¬ 
tibus ; glandulis octo fauci circumpositis. Folia quaterna, 
reflexa, rigida, ciliata, acuminata, subtus sulcata. Caulis 
fruticosus, pedalis, ramosus. Rami laxi, filiformes. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips within the blossom, and two-horned at their 
base. Flowers terminate the branches in umbels crowded 
together, with short footstalks. Blossom bellied, of a 
very shining white, squared at the base, straitened at 
the mouth, and slightly furrowed. Border very large. 
Segments roundish, and spreading, with eight glands 
surrounding the mouth. Leaves by fours, reflexed, 
harsh, fringed, sharp-pointed, and furrowed beneath. 
Stem shrubby, a foot high, branching. The branches 
are loose, and thread-shaped. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope 
In bloom from May till August. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement. 
2. A segment of the border magnified. 
3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified, 
»5. Seed-bud magnified. 
