ERICA sexfaria.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ basi bicornutæ, exertæ, atro-purpureæ. Flores in ramulorum apice terni, sessiles, nitidi. Perianthium duplex, exterius triphyllum. Corolla ovata, glabra, membranacea, alba. Folia terna, trigona, obtusa, patentiuscula, sexfaria. Caulis erectus, sub-pedalis. Ramuli simplices, sub-verticillati.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips two-horned at the base, without the blossom, and of a dark purple. Flowers grow in threes at the ends of the small branches, sitting close, and shining. Cup double, the outer one three-leaved. Blossom egg-shaped, smooth, skinny, and white. Leaves by threes, three-sided, blunt, rather spreading, and forming six angles. Stem upright, near a foot high. The small branches are simple, and grow nearly in whorls.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from March till July.
REFERENCE.
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1. The empalement magnified. 2. A blossom. 3. The chives magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal magnified. |