ERICA leucanthera. 
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CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. y 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Erica antheris criftatis, inclufis; floribus capi¬ 
tals, congeftis, terminalibuS; corollis urceoli- 
formibus, albicantibus; foliis ternis, eredtis, ad- 
preflis, longitudine internodiorum; rami fili- 
formes. 
Heath with crefted tips, within the bloffom; 
flowers grow in fmall heads, crowded together, 
terminating the branches ; bloffbms pitcher- 
Ihaped and whitilh; leaves grow by threes, up¬ 
right, prefled to the Item, the length of the in¬ 
tervals ; branches thread-fhaped. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Caulis fruticofus, pedalis; rami et rarrmli 
filiformes et capillares. 
Stem fhrubby, a foot high, the larger and 
fmaller branches are thread-fhaped and hair-like. 
Folia terna, linearia, adpreffa, trigona, gla¬ 
bra, obtufa, longitudine internodiorum. 
Leaves grow by threes, linear, prefled to the 
Item, three-fided, fmooth, blunt, the length of 
the intervals. 
Flores in ramulis terminates, conferti, race- 
mofi; pedunculi brevi, capillares, bradteis tri¬ 
bus, linearibus inftrudti. 
Flowers terminate the fmall branches, cluf- 
tered together, forming . long bunches ; foot- 
ftalks fhort, hair-like, having three, linear floral 
leaves. 
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis 
concavis, fub-ovatis, apicibus tenuiflime ferratis. 
Empalement. Cup four-leaved, leaflets con¬ 
cave, nearly egg-fhaped, with the ends flightly 
fawed. 
Corolla urceolata, alba, fubcylindrica ; laci- 
niis obtutis, fuberedtis. 
Blossom pitcher-fhaped, white, rather cylin¬ 
drical ; fegments blunt and nearly upright. 
Stamina. Filamenta odto capillaria. An¬ 
thers criflate, inclufae, bifidas. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads. Tips crefted, 
within the bloffom, and two-cleft. 
Pi stillum. Germen fubrotundum, fulcatum, 
apice concavum, bad glandulofum. Stylus fili- 
formis, erect us, inclufus. Stigma tetragonum. 
Pointal. Seed-bud roundifh, and furrowed, 
concave at top, glandular at the bafe. Shaft 
thread- fhaped, upright, within the bloffom. Sum¬ 
mit four-cornered. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonas Spei. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Floret a Januario in Martium. 
Flowers from January ’till March. 
REFERENTI A. 
REFERENCE. 
1. Calyx et Corolla. 
1. The Empalement, and Bloffom. 
2. Calyx, lente audtus. 
2. The Empalement, magnified. 
3. Stamina et Piftillum, lente audtum. 
3. The Chives and Pointal, magnified. 
4. Germen, audtum. 
4. The Seed-bud, magnified. 
