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ERICA comofa. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica antheris muticis, inclufis; corolla ventri- 
cofa, alba, parva, ore ardlata, laciniis patentibus; 
foliolis calycis ciliatis; floribus terminalibus, con- 
geftis, comofis; foliis quaternis, linearibus, ob- 
tufis, glabris. 
DESCR1PTIO. 
Caulis fruticofus, fubpedalis, ramofus; rami, 
virgati, penduli; ramuli brevi, filiformes, nume- 
rofi. 
Folia quaterna, obtufa, patentia, parva, gla¬ 
bra. 
Flores in ramulis terminales, quail fpicam 
comofam denfam formantes; pedunculi breviflimi, 
bradleis adpreffis. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
ovatis, acutis, ciliatis. 
Corolla yentricofa, alba, ball inllata, apice 
anftata; oris laciniis acutis, patentibus. 
Stamina. Filamenta o6to, capillaria, minuta. 
Anther® muticas, inclul®. 
Pistillum. Germen fubrotundum, odlo-ful- 
catum. Stylus llliformis, inclufus. Stigma te- 
tragonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bon® Spei. 
Floret a Junio in Septembrem. 
REFERENT! A. 
1. Flos. 
2. Calyx, lente audtus. 
3. Stamina et Piftillum. 
4. Stamina a Piftillo didudla, anthera una 
lente au6ta. 
5. Piftillum, ftigma audtum. 
6. Germen, lente autftum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath with beardlefs tips within the bloftom, 
which is bellied, white, fmall and narrowed, at the 
mouth, fegments fpreading; leaflets of the cup 
fringed; flowers terminal, crowded together in 
tufts; leaves grow by fours, linear, blunt, and 
fmooth. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem fhrubby, aim oft a foot high, branching; 
branches grow twiggy and hang down; fmall 
branches fhort, thread-lhaped, numerous. 
Leaves grow by fours, blunt, fpreading, fmall 
and fmooth. 
Flowers terminate the fmall branches, form¬ 
ing as it were a thick, tufted fpike; foot-ftalks 
very fhort, floral leaves prefled to the cup. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg- 
fhaped, pointed, fringed. 
Blossom bellied, white, fwelled at the bafe, 
narrowed at the mouth; fegments of the mouth 
fharp-pointed, fpreading. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, fmall. Tips 
beardlefs, within the bloftom, 
Pointal. Seed-bud roundifh, eight furrowed. 
Shaft thread-thaped, within the bloflom. Sum¬ 
mit four-cornered. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from June till September. 
REFERENCE. 
1 . A Flower. 
2. The Cup, magnified. 
3. The Chives and Pointal. 
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one 
tip magnified. 
5. The Pointal, fummit magnified. 
6. The Seed-bud, magnified. 
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