ERICA argentiflora. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antberis muticis, inclusis: floribus hori- 
zontaliter verticillatis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis fruticosus, erectus, sesquipedalis, ramis 
siniplicibus. 
Folia sena, linearia, apice leviter incurvata, 
supra plana, subtus sulcata. 
Flores horizontal iter verticillati prope rarao- 
rum summitatem : corolla clavata, uncialis, oris 
laciniis patentibus. 
Germen tiaraeforme, sulcatum, ad basin nec- 
tariis melliferis instructum. 
Habitat ad Caput Borne Spei. 
Floret a rnense Junii ad Octobrem. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Caljx. 
2. StaminaetPistillum,anthera unalente aucta. 
3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate Sente aucto. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
EIeath, with beardless tips, within the blossom : 
flowers growing horizontally in whorls. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem shrubby, upright, a foot and half high : 
branches simple. 
Leaves by sixes, linear, slightly turned inward 
towards the end, flat on their upper surface, and 
furrowed beneath. 
Flowers grow horizontally in whorls near the 
summit of the branches : blossom club-shaped, 
an inch long : segments of the border spreading. 
Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, and fur¬ 
nished at the base with honey-bearing nectaries. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from June till October. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Ernpalement. 
2. Chi ves and Pointal, one tip magnified. 
3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 
The flowers of the Erica argentijlora are of a delicate transparent white, most difficult to imitate on a 
white ground. Our drawing was made from a plant in the summer of 18 14 at the Hammersmith Nur¬ 
sery, where it flowered with abundance of light graceful blossoms, that continued successively from 
Ju ne till October. But the precise time of any of the Ericas flowering is quite indefinite. I have 
frequently seen many species in full bloom in one collection, and out of flower in others. Where they 
are indigenous, their periods of inflorescence are no doubt much more determinable than they can ever 
he in such a versatile clime as Britain, under different modes of culture. 
