ERICA grandinosa. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica antheris aristatis, inclusis: floribus ter* 
minalibus : foliis ternatis : caule fruticoso. 
DESCRIPTIO, 
Caulis pedalis, virgatus, flexuosus, fruticosus: 
ramulis patentibus. 
Folia terna, sub-trigona, obtusa, brevia, crassi- 
uscula. 
Flores in apicibus rarnulorurn subterni, cer- 
nui: corolla campanulata, parva, albida, et cos- 
tata: laciniis oris revolutis: pedunculus pallide 
carneus: calyx duplex, exteriori trifoliato, an- 
gustiori. 
Germen tiarseforme, sulcatum, villosum, ad ba¬ 
sin nectariis melliferis instructura. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonas Spei. 
Floret a mense Maii usque ad Julium, 
REFERENTIA, 
1. Folium lente auctum. 
2. Caljx lente auctus. 
3. Stamen unum, anthera lente aucta. 
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
5. Germen lente auctum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath with bearded tips within the blossom : 
flowers terminal: leaves by threes: stem shrubby. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem a foot high, twiggy, flexuous, and 
shrubby : smaller branches spreading. 
Leaves by threes, nearly three-sided, obtuse, 
short, and thickish. 
Flowers grow from the ends of the small 
branches, mostly by threes, nodding: blossom 
bell-shaped, small, white, and ribbed: segments of 
the mouth rolled back: peduncle of a pale flesh- 
colour : cup double, the outer one three-leaved, 
and narrower. 
Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, villose, and 
furnished at the base with honey-bearing nectaries. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from the month of May till July. 
REFERENCE. 
1. A Leaf magnified. 
2. The Empalement magnified. 
3. A Chive, summit magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 
5. Seed-bud magnified. 
The Erica giandinosa was sent us in the month of June 1824, amongst many other new' species, by 
Mr. Sinclair, from the splendid collection of his Grace the Duke of Bedford, at Woburn Abbey. 
This is one of those white-flowered Ericas so difficult to give a relief upon paper: it is a delicate 
little Heath, and although deficient in speciosity, claims attention as a perfectly new species, very 
distinct from any other hitherto figured. 
