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ERICA staminea.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ. Filamenta capillaria, prælonga, extra flores pendula. Flores solitarii, terminales, in ramulis pernumerosis lateralibus ternatis. Corolla parva, luteo-albida: laciniis patentibus, rotundatis. Folia ternata, erecta, parva, carnosa, lucida. Caulis fruticosus, bipedalis: ramis numerosis, verticillatis, patulis.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips beardless. Threads hair-like, very long, and hanging out of the flower. Flowers solitary, and terminal, on very numerous lateral ternate branches. Blossom small, of a yellow white colour, with segments spreading and rounded. Leaves by threes, erect, small, fleshy, and shining. Stem shrubby, two feet high, with numerous whorled branches slightly spreading.