ERICA staminea» 
DESCRIPTIO» 
Antherje muticae» Filamenta capillaria, praelonga* 
extra flores pendula» Flores solitarii, terminales, in ra¬ 
mulis pernumerosis lateralibus ternatis. Corolla parva, 
luteo-albida: laciniis patentibus, rotundatis» Folia ter- 
nata, erecta, parva, carnosa, lucida» Caulis fruticosus, 
bipedalis: ramis numerosis, verticillatis, patulis» 
DESCRIPTION'. 
Tips beardless. Threads hair-like, very long, and 
hanging out of the flower. Flowers solitary, and ter¬ 
minal, on very numerous lateral ternate branches. Bios* 
som small, of a yellow white colour, with segments 
spreading and rounded. Leaves by threes, erect, small, 
fleshy, and shining. Stem shrubby, two feet high, with 
numerous whorled branches slightly spreading. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
In bloom from June till September. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The empalement magnified. 
2. A blossom. 
3. Blossom of a white variety. 
4. The chives and pointal, magnified. 
Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified 
