ERICA rupestris. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers aristatae, inclusae. Flores terminales, ple¬ 
rumque ternati, cernui. Pedunculi rubri. Corolla cam- 
panulata, alba \ laciniis semi-rotundis, patentibusque. 
Folia quaterna, conferta, patula, linearia, crassa, obtusa, 
lucida. Caulis humilis, humi fusus inter rupes. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers terminal, 
chiefly in threes, nodding. Footstalks red. Blossom 
bell-shaped, white j with the segments half round and 
.spreading. Leaves by fours, crowded, spreading, linear, 
thick, blunt, and shining. The stem is low, and spreacj 
about upon the ground amongst rocks. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from July till November. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The under side of a leaf. 
2. The empalement magnified. 
3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
5. Seed-bud magnified. 
