ERICA feffiliflora. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica antheris ariftatis, inclufis; fiylo-exferto; 
floribus denfiflime imbricato-fpicatis, horizontal^ 
bus, feflilibus; corollis clavatis, fefquipollicari- 
bus, albidis, apicibus viridibus; foliis quaternis, 
fubulatis, glabris. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis ftridliflimus, rigidus, bipedalis; rami 
pauci, erect i; ramuli verticillati, patentes, plu- 
rimi. 
Folia quaterna, fubulata, glabra, patentia, 
petiolis breviflimis; adpreflis. 
Flores fub apice ramorum fpicati, imbricati, 
feffiles, horizontaliter liti. 
Calyx. Perianthium duplex, exterlus, tri- 
phyllum, foliolis fpathulatis, concavis, carnofis, 
imbricatis; interim tetraphyllum, foliolis obcor- 
datis, concavis, mucronatis. 
Corolla clavata, albo-virefcens, fefquipolli- 
caris; laciniis obtufis, eredlis. 
Stamin Ai Filamenta o6to capillaria, longi- 
tudine fere corollae. Antherae ariftate, inclufee. 
Pistillum. Germen turbinatutn, fulcatum, 
ad bafin glandulofum. Stylus filiformis, fub- 
exfertus, apice curvatus. Stigma obfolete tetra- 
gonum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bona; Spei. 
Floret ab Augufto in Odtobrem. 
REFERENTIAL 
1. Calyx, lente audtus. 
2. Calyx, et Corolla. 
3. Stamina et Piftillum, anthera una didudta 
et audta. 
4. Piftillum, magnitudine naturali, ftigma auc- 
tum. 
a. Germen, audtum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath with bearded tipsi, within the bloflbthj 
fhaft without, flowers grow in very clofe, tiled 
fpikes, horizontal and clofe to the Item; bloflom 
club-fhaped, an inch and. a half long, white with 
green ends; leaves grow by fours; awl-fhaped, 
fmooth. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem grows very upright, ftifF, and two feet 
high; branches few, upright; fmall branches grow 
in whorls, fpreading and numerous; 
Leaves grow by fours; awl-fhaped, fmooth; 
fpreading, foot-ftalks very fhort and prefled to 
the Item. 
Flowers grow in fpikes near the end of the 
branches, tiled, without foot-ftalks; and hori¬ 
zontal. 
EmpAlement. Cup double; the outer, three¬ 
leaved, leaflets fpatula-fhaped, concave, flefhy 
and tiled; the inner , four-leaved leaflets in- 
verfely-heai’t-fhaped, concave, with a fmall pointed 
end; 
Blossom club-fhaped, of a whitifh green, an 
inch and a half long; fegments blunt, upright. 
Chives. Eight hair-like threads, the length 
nearly of the bloflom. Tips bearded within the 
bloflom; 
PointAl. Seed-bud top-fhaped, furrowed and 
glandular at the bafe. Shaft thread-fhaped, jufl: 
without the bloflom, curved at the end. Sum¬ 
mit bluntly four-cornered; 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from Auguft, till October. 
REFERENCE. 
1 . The Empalement, magnified. 
2. The Empalement, and Bloflom. 
3. The Chives and Pointal; one tip detached 
and magnified. 
4. The Pointal, natural fize, the Summit mag* 
nified. 
5. The Seed-bud, magnified. 
