ERICA Linnæoides.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores in ramulis terminales, sub-quaterni, horizontales; pedunculis fere nullis. Corolla sub-cylindracea, tumida, pilosa, ad basin purpurea, et superne alba. Folia quaterna, linearia, pilosa. Caulis fruticosus, erectus, et patens. Ramuli numerosi, pilosi.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers terminate the smaller branches mostly by fours, in a horizontal direction; scarcely any footstalks. Blossom nearly cylindrical, swelled, and hairy, purple at the base, and white at the upper part. Leaves by fours, linear, and hairy. Stem shrubby, upright, and spreading. The smaller branches are numerous and hairy.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from January till May.
REFERENCE.
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1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 4. Seed-bud magnified. |