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4. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one tip magnified.

5. The Shaft and its Summit magnified.

ERICA nigrita.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

ERICA, antheris muticis, exsertis, atris; flores subterni, albi; corolla campanulata, laciniis revolutis, maximis; foliis ternis, nitidis, patentibus.

DESCRIPTIO.

CAULIS fruticosus, erectus, pedalis; rami et ramuli frequentissimi, sub-erecti, virgati, sub-tomentosi.

FOLIA terna, nitida, glabra, sub-triquetra, obtusa, patentia, crassa; petiolis adpressis.

FLORES in apicibus ramulorum terminales, sub-terni; pedunculi albi; bracteæ ovatæ, acutæ, albæ, calyci approximatæ, imbricatæ, calyciformes.

CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis, ovatis, acutis, albis, laxis, longitudine fere corollæ.

COROLLA campanulata, albida; laciniis oris revolutis, majoribus.

STAMINA. Filamenta octo, capillaria, receptaculo inserta. Antherae muticæ, exsertæ, atræ.

PISTILLUM. Germen sub-ovatum, leviter sulcatum, ad basin glandulosum. Stylus filiformis, staminibus paulo longior. Stigma peltatum, sub-tetragonum.

Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.

Floret a mensi Aprili, in Julium.

REFERENTIA.

1. Calyx, et Corolla.

2. Calyx, lente auctus.

3. Stamina, et Pistillum.

4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, Anthera una lente aucta.

5. Pistillum, auctum.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

HEATH, with beardless tips, without the blossom, and black; flowers grow mostly by threes, and white; blossom bell-shaped; segments rolled back, and very large; leaves grow by threes, shining, and spreading.

DESCRIPTION.

STEM shrubby, upright, grows a foot high; the larger and smaller branches are numerous, nearly upright, twiggy, and a little downy.

LEAVES grow by threes, shine, smooth, nearly three-sided, blunt, spreading, and thick; foot-stalks pressed to the stem.

FLOWERS grow from the ends of the small branches, mostly by threes; with white foot-stalks; floral leaves egg-shaped, sharp-ended, white, close to the cup, tiled, and like those of the cup.

EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, leaflets egg-shaped, pointed, white, loose, nearly the length of the blossom.