ERICA nivalis.
Reading edition
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris aristatis, inclusis: foliis ternatis: floribus albis, terminalibus.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis fruticosus, pedalis et ultra, erectus, ramosus.
Folia ternata, linearia, obtusa, parva, glabra, recta.
Flores ramulos terminant, plerumque terni, subcernui: corolla globosa, alba, pilis pubescentibus tecta.
Habitat ad Caput Bonæ Spei.
Floret a mense Aprili in Junium.
REFERENTIA.
1. Calyx lente auctus. 2. Anthera una lente aucta. 3. Germen et Pistillum, stigmate lente aucto. 4. Germen lente auctum.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Heath, with bearded tips, within the blossom: leaves by threes: flowers white and terminal.
DESCRIPTION.
Stem shrubby, a foot or more high, upright and bushy.
Leaves by threes, linear, blunt, small, smooth and straight.
Flowers terminate the smaller branches mostly by threes, nearly drooping: blossom globular, white, and covered with soft hairs.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of April till June.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement magnified. 2. A Chive magnified. 3. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 4. Seed-bud magnified.
The Erica nivalis is a perfectly new species, and very distinct from any of the numerous species at present in cultivation with us. Our drawing was made at the Hammersmith Nursery in May 1820. It is with difficulty increased by cuttings.
