CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis spathulatis, seu basi attenuatis, apicibus ovatis, concavis, ciliatis. COROLLA albida, urceoli-formis, oris laciniis sub-reflexis. STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria; antheræ aristatæ, sub-inclusæ. PISTILLUM. Germen cylindricum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma tetragonum. Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei. Floret a mense Aprili in Julium, REFERENTIA. 1. Calyx et Corolla. 2. Calyx lente auctus. 3. Stamina et Pistillum. 4. Stamina a Pistillo diducta, antherâ unâ lente auctâ. 5. Stylus et Stigma lente aucta. SPECIFIC CHARACTER. HEATH, with bearded tips, just within the blossoms, which are pitcher-shaped, and white; the leaves grow by threes, of a broad egg-shape, downy, and white underneath. DESCRIPTION. STEM upright, shrubby, grows a foot high, and very branching; the smaller branches are numerous, and grow in whorls. LEAVES grow by threes, spreading outward, of a broad egg-shape, rolled back at the edges., and white beneath, having short foot-stalks pressed to the branches. FLOWERS terminate the branches in bunches which hang downward; the foot-stalks are long, having three floral leaves. EMPALEMENT. Cup four-leaved, which are spathula-shaped, or tapering to the base, the tops egg-shaped, concave, and lashed. BLOSSOM white, pitcher-shaped, having the segments of the mouth slightly bent back. CHIVES. Eight hair-like threads; tips bearded, just within the blossom. POINTAL. Seed-vessel cylinder-shaped, and furrowed. Shaft thread-shaped. Summit four-cornered. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers from April till July. REFERENCE. 1. The Empalement and Blossom. 2. The Empalement magnified. 3. The Chives and Pointal. 4 The Chives detached from the Pointal, one tip magnified. 5. The Shaft and its Summit magnified. [Illustration] ERICA margaritacea. CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. ERICA, antheris cristatis, inclusis; stylo exserto; corollis globoso campanulatis; floribus terminalibus, sub-umbellatis; foliis quaternis, lineari-trigonis, glabris, erectis. DESCRIPTIO. CAULIS erectus, ramosus; ramuli frequentissimi, erecti, glabri. FOLIA quaterna, lineari-trigona, erecta, subtus sulcata, glabra; petiolis brevissimis, adpressis. FLORES terminales, nutantes, sub-umbellati; pedunculi filiformes, bracteis tribus, linearibus instructi. CALYX. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis subulatis, carinatis, sulcatis, lævibus, adpressis. COROLLA urceolata, alba, calyce paulo longior; laciniæ limbi obtusæ, erecto-patulæ. STAMINA. Filamenta octo capillaria, apice inflexa. Antheræ ovatæ, brunneæ, cristatæ, inclusæ. PISTILLUM. Germen globosum, sulcatum. Stylus filiformis, exsertus. Stigma tetragonum. Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei. Floret a mensi Junii, in Septembrem. REFERENTIA. 1. Calyx, et Corolla. 2. Calyx, lente auctus. 3. Stamina, et Pistillum. 4. Stamen unum, lente auctum. 5. Pistillum, lente auctum. SPECIFIC CHARACTER.