ERICA oppositifolia, major . 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Antherje muticae, inclusae. Flores in ramulis termi¬ 
nales, plerumque bini. Pedunculi breves, bracteis duabus 
minutis adpressis. Calyx magnus, ovatus, acutus. Co¬ 
rolla urceolata, alba : laciniis suberectis. Folia binatim 
opposita, triquetra, nitida, adpressa, magna. Caulis 
pedalis, filiformis. Rami et ramuli numerosi, erecti. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Tips beardless, and within the blossom. Flowers 
terminate the branches mostly by twos. Footstalks 
short, having two small floral leaves pressed to them. 
The empalement is large, egg-shaped, and pointed. 
Blossom pitcher-shaped, and white. The segments of 
the border are nearly upright. Leaves grow opposite in 
pairs, three-sided, shining, pressed to the stem, and 
large. Stem a foot high, and thread-shaped: the large 
and smaller branches are numerous and upright 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from March till May. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement. 
2. A blossom. 
3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified; 
4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 
