ERICA Lambertia. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Anther-® cristatae, inclusae. Flores in medio ramulo¬ 
rum,, solitarii, vel terni; cernui. Pedunculi et calyx 
colorati. Corolla sub-globosa, inflata, alba, glabra, mag- 
nitudine pisi magni3 laciniis ovatis, ad basin gibbis, 
erectis. Folia quaterna, acuminata, glabra 3 juniora 
erecto-patentia, seniora reflexa. Caulis fruticosus, sub- 
pedalis, ramosissimus. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips crested, and within the blossom. Flowers grow 
in the middle of the small branches, solitary, or by 
threes, nodding. The footstalks and empalement co¬ 
loured. Blossom nearly globular, swelled out, white, 
smooth, and of the size of a large pea 3 the segments 
egg-shaped, bunched at the base, and upright. Leaves 
by fours, sharp-pointed, and smooth 3 the younger ones 
erect and spreading, the older ones reflexed. Stem shrnb* 
by, near a foot high, and very much branched. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from May till July. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement magnified. 
2. The chives and pointal. 
3. A chive magnified. 
4. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
5. Seed-bud magnified. 
