ERICA emarginata. 
DESCRIPTIO» 
Anthers cristata, sub-inclusae. Flores ramulos ter¬ 
minant, plerumque terni. Calyx emarginatus pilis ni- 
gris : corollis campanulatis, albis : limbo maximo, re¬ 
flexo. Folia terna, trigona, crassa, reflexa, acuta, lu¬ 
cida, supra plana, subtus canaliculata. Caulis erectus, 
dumosus, snb-pedalis. 
DESCRIPTION - . 
Tips crested, and just within the blossom. Flowers 
terminate the smaller branches, mostly by threes. The 
empalement is emarginated with black hairs. Blossom 
bell-shaped, and white: the border is large, and re¬ 
flexed. Leaves by threes, three-sided, thick, reflexed, 
pointed, and shining, flat on their upper surface, and 
channelled beneath. Stem upright, bushy, and near a 
foot high. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from June till October. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A leaf magnified. 
2. The empalement magnified. 
3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
4 . Seed*bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
