ERICA Plukenetia, albens . 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, exertis, longissimis: flo- 
ribus pendentibus: foliis ternis, fasciculatis. 
DESCRIPTIO. 
Caulis erectus, sesquipedalis, fruticosus: rami 
subsimplices, ramulis brevissimis tecti. 
Folia terna, fasciculata,linearia, arcuata, acuta, 
glabra. 
Flores subsolitarii, pendentes a ramulis, in 
medio ramorum crescentes, et spicam laxam for- 
mantes: pedunculis longis, bracteis tribus minutis 
ad basin instructis : corolla conica, exalbida, la- 
ciniis erectis. 
Germen tiaraeforme, sulcatum, ad basin necta- 
riis melliferis instructum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
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Floret a mense Maii in Septembrem. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Calvx. 
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2. Stamina et Pistillum. 
3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
4. Germen lente auctum. 
5. Flos varietatis maanae. 
SPECIFIC CRARACTER. 
Heath, with beardless tips, without the blossom, 
and very long: flowers hanging down : leaves by 
threes, bundled together. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem upright, a foot and a half high, shrubby: 
the large branches nearly simple, and covered with 
numerous small branches. 
Leaves by threes, bundled together, linear, 
bowed, pointed, and smooth. 
Flowers nearly solitary, hanging down from 
the small branches, growing near the middle of the 
large branches, and forming a loose spike : foot¬ 
stalks long, and furnished at the base with three 
small floral leaves : blossom conical and whitish : 
segments of the border upright. 
Seed-bud turban s shaped, furrowed, and fur¬ 
nished at the base with honey-bearing nectaries. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from May till September. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement. 
2. Chives and Pointal. 
3. Seed-bud Pointal, summit magnified. 
4. Seed-bud magnified. 
5. Flower of a large variety. 
The flowers of this Erica possess a negative sort of colour, that forms a good contrast to the purply 
red of the other species of Plukenetia, but when out of flower it is not easily distinguished from them. 
Our drawing was made from the Hibbertian collection. We are doubtful whether the plant is not at 
present lost to us, not having seen it for several years. We have long ago figured it in the octavo work, 
and should have then published it in our folio edition ; but wished to give a fine specimen of the large- 
flowei ed vai let^ in preference. We have not, however, seen one plant of it since, except that from 
which the gigantic flower in the dissection was taken at Mr. Robinson’s Nursery at Lowp- Tooting, 
which was rich in foliage, but had scarcely any blossoms. 
