ERICA australis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores terminales in ramulis numerosis, quaterni, pedunculis brevibus. Perianthium duplex. Corolla cylindraceo-urceolata, odorata, pallide purpurea. Folia quaterna, obtusa, curvata, subtus sulcata. Caulis erectus, fruticosus, ramosus, bipedalis. Rami et ramuli filiformes.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers terminate the numerous small branches by fours. The footstalks are short. Cup double. Blossom cylindrically pitcher-shaped, sweet-scented, and of a pale purple. Leaves by fours, blunt, curved, and furrowed beneath. Stem upright, shrubby, and branching, two feet high. The large and smaller branches are thread-shaped.
Native of Portugal.
In bloom from March till July.
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