ERICA prsestans 
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. 
Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis: stylo sub-ex- 
erto: floribus urceolatis, terminalibus: foliis qua- 
ternis. 
DE SCRIPT IO. 
Caulis pedalis, erectus, ramosus : rami et ra- 
muli graciles. 
Folia quaterna, linearia, erecta, obtusa. 
Flores terminates, in umbellis quaternis vel 
octonis : pedunculisbrevibus : corollis urceolatis, 
albis: laciniis magnis, expansis. 
Germen tiarasforme, sulcatum, ad basin nec- 
tariis melliferis instructum. 
Habitat ad Caput Bonae Spei. 
Floret a mense Junii in Novembrem. 
REFERENTIA. 
1. Calyx. 
2. Stamina et Pistillum. 
3. Stamina et Pistillum, antberaunalente aucta. 
4. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Heath, with beardless tips, within the blossom : 
shaft just without: flowers pitcher.shaped and 
terminal: leaves by fours. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Stem a foot high, upright, shrubby : large and 
small branches slender. 
Leaves by fours, linear, upright, and blunt- 
ended. 
Flowers terminate the branches in umbels of 
four to eight: footstalks short: blossom pitcher¬ 
shaped, and white : segments of the border large 
and spreading. 
Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, and fur¬ 
nished with honey-bearing nectaries at the base. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Flowers from June till November. 
REFERENCE. 
1. The Empalement. 
2. The Chives and Pointal. 
3. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified. 
4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 
This Erica, although a distinct species, does not possess any prominent feature sufficient to distinguish 
it from many others; we have therefore retained the specific title of prastans (by which it is known to 
some cultivators), although it is an appellation to which the plant has but little claim compared with 
the numerous beautiful species of which this very extensive Genus is composed. It was first raised from 
seed brought from the Cape of Good Hope by Mr. Niven. It flowers from the end of spring till late 
in autumn. 
