ERICA Linnsea. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica antheris muticis, inclufis; corollis cla- 
vatis, villofis, albis; floribus fub-feffilibus, termi- 
nalibus, racemofis; foliolis calycinis dentatis; fo- 
liis terms, linearibus, ciliatis, confertis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caul is fruticofus, eredtus; rami pauci, credti; 
ramuli frequentiffimi, breviffimi, piloli. 
Folia terna, linearia, cilia ta, redta, fabtus ful- 
cata, petiolis breviffimis, adpreffis. 
Flores in ramulis terminales, racemum for- 
mantes longum, denfiffimum; pedunculis fere 
nullis; bracleis adpreffis. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
ovato-acuminatis, dentatis, adpreffis. 
Corolla clavata, alba, diaphana, pilofa; la- 
ciniis obtulis, eredtis. 
Stamina. Filamenta odto, capillaria. An- 
therse muticse, inclufse. 
Pistillum. Germen globofum, fulcatum, 
pilofum. Stylus filiformis, fubinclufus. Stigma 
capitatum. 
Habitat ad Caput Borne Spei. 
Floret a menfe Martii in Junium. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Flos. 
2. Calyx, auctus. 
3. Stamina et Piftillum. 
4. Stamina a piftillo didudta, anthera una lente 
aucta. 
5. Piftillum, Stigma didudtum, auctum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath with beardlefs tips, within the bloffom; 
bloffoms club-ffiaped, hairy, and white; flowers 
almoft without foot-ftalks, terminate the fmaller 
branches, forming long bunches; the leaflets of 
the cup are toothed; leaves grow by threes, are 
linear, fringed, and crowded together. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem ffirubby, upright; branches few, upright, 
fmaller branches numerous, very ffiort, hairy. 
Leaves grow by threes, linear, fringed, ftraight 
out, furrowed beneath, with very ffiort foot-ftalks, 
preffed to the branches. 
Flowers terminate the fmaller branches, 
making a long, clofe bunch; foot-ftalks hardly 
any; floral leaves clofe to the bloffom. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg- 
fliaped, tapered, toothed, and preffed to the blof¬ 
fom. 
Blossom club-ffiaped,white, tranfparent, hairy; 
fegments blunt, upright. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads. Tips beard¬ 
lefs, within the bloffom. 
Po i nt al. Seed-bud globular, furrowed, hairy. 
Shaft thread-ffiaped, juft within the bloffom. 
Summit headed. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from the month of March till June. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A Flower. 
2 . The Empalement, magnified. 
3. The Chives and Pointal. 
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one 
tip magnified. 
5. The Pointal, the Summit detached, mag¬ 
nified. 
