ERICA Petiveriana.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, exertæ, longissimæ. Flores, bini vel terni, terminant ramulos in medio ramorum. Pedunculi brevissimi. Bracteæ calyciformes. Corolla clavata, curvata, lutea, ad basin grossa quadrifida. Oris laciniæ incurvæ, adpressæ. Folia terna, linearia, obtusa. Caulis strictissimus, ramulis brevibus frequentissimis.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, without the blossom, and very long. Flowers terminate the small branches about the middle of the large ones, by twos and threes. Foot-stalks very short. The floral leaves seem to form part of the cup. Blossom club-shaped, curved, yellow, swelled and quadrified at the base. The segments of the mouth are bent inwards, and pressed to the filaments. Leaves by threes, linear, and blunt. Stem very upright, with numerous short branches.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from April till June.
REFERENCE.
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1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 2. A blossom divested of its empalement. 3. The chives spread, one tip magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. |