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ERICA triflora.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

Erica, antheris cristatis, inclusis: foliis ternis; floribus ternis, globosis, albis: calyce magno.

DESCRIPTIO.

Caulis sesquipedalis, erectus, ramosus: ramulis numerosis, plerumque ternis.

Folia terna, sub-trigona, acuta, lucida, patentia; petiolis longis, adpressis.

Flores ramulos terminantes, terni, cernui: pedunculis brevibus, bracteis tribus instructis, calyci adpressis: foliola lato-ovata, carinata, alba, magna, corollæ albæ, globosæ, adpressa.