ERICA praestans. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anthers muticae, inclusae. Flores ramos terminant in 
umbellis quaternis vel octonis. Pedunculi breves. Co¬ 
rolla urceolata, alba, laciniis magnis expansis. Folia qua- 
terna, linearia, erecta, obtusa. Caulis pedalis, erectus, 
ramosus. Rami et ramuli graciles. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers terminate 
the branches in umbels of from four to eight. Foot¬ 
stalks short. Blossom pitcher-shaped and white; seg¬ 
ments of the border large and spreading. Leaves by fours, 
linear, upright, and blunt-ended. Stem a foot high, up¬ 
right, shrubby. Large and small branches slender. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from June till November. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement. 
2. Chives and pointal. 
3. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
