ERICA tetragona.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores in axillis foliorum, plerumque terni, erecti, conferti, cum odore cucumis. Corolla urceolata, lutea, tetragona, concava, ore arctata; laciniis æqualibus, acuminatis, patentibus, et reflexis. Folia terna, trigona, linearia, glabra. Caulis fruticosus, virgatus, sub-pedalis, ramosus, gracilis. Rami filiformes et patentes.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers grow from the axillæ of the leaves, mostly by threes, upright, crowded together, and smell like a cucumber. Blossom pitcher-shaped, yellow, four-sided, and concave, narrowed towards the mouth, the segments of which are equal, sharp-pointed, spreading, and reflexed. Leaves by threes, three-sided, linear and smooth. Stem shrubby, twiggy, and nearly a foot high, branching and slender. The branches are thread-shaped and spreading.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from July till September.
REFERENCE.
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1. An umbel of flowers. 2. The empalement magnified. 3. A blossom magnified. 4. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 5. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. |