ERICA Andromedseflora, alba. 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris cristatis, inclusis: stylo sub-in- 
cluso : floribus axillaribus, declinatis : foliis ter- 
natis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis humilis, fruticosus, robustus, pedalis: 
rami numerosi, conferti. 
Folia ternata, subulata, incurvata, robusta: 
petiolis longis adpressis. 
Flores axillares, sub-terminales, declinati, con¬ 
ferti: calyx magnus, lato-ovatus, albus: corolla 
ovata, crassa, alba : oris laciniis erectis. 
Germen tiaraeforme, villosum, ad basin necta- 
riis meliiferis instructum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bon* Spei. 
Floret a mense Martii ad Junium. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Calyx. 
2. Corolla. 
3. Anther*etPistillum, antherauna lente aucta.- 
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
5. Germen lente auctum. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with crested tips, within the blossom : 
shaft just within: flowersaxillary, and bending 
down : leaves by threes. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem low, shrubby, and strong, a foot high : 
branches numerous, and crowded together. 
Leaves by threes, awl-shaped, incurved, and 
stout, with long footstalks pressed to the branches. 
Flowers grow from the axill* of the leaves, 
nearly terminal, banging down, and crowded to¬ 
gether : empalement large, broadly egg-shaped, 
and white : blossom ovate, thick, and white: seg¬ 
ments of the border straight. 
Seed-bud turban-shaped, villose, and furnished 
at the base with honey-bearing nectaries. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from March till June. 
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I REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement. 
2. A Blossom. 
3. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 
5. Seed-bud magnified. 
This white-flowered variety of the E. Andromedafiora, from its hardy, dwarf, and robust character, 
might almost be considered as a distinct species, did not the appearance and shape of the blossoms 
bear out the specific title too well to admit of any alteration. The flowers are slow in growth, and 
of a thickish and rather tough consistence. It is a hardy green-house shrub, and blossoms mostly 
during the spring season. 
