REFERENCE.
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1. The empalement magnified. 2. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. |
ERICA mammosa, minor.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores semi-unciales, in summitate ramorum, verticillati, penduli. Corolla purpurea, ventricoso-cylindrica, apice attenuata, ad basin constricta; laciniis minutis, erectis. Folia quaterna, linearia, glabra, curvata; seniora patentia, juniora adscendentia. Caulis fruticosus, erectus, pedalis et ultra. Rami verticillati, curvati.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers half an inch long, near the summit of the branches, in whorls, hanging down. Blossom purple, of a swelled cylinder-shape, tapered at the end, and pinched-in at the base. The segments of the border are very small, and upright. Leaves by fours, linear, smooth, and curved; the older ones spreading, and the younger ones ascending. Stem shrubby, upright, a foot or more high. The branches grow in whorls, and are curved.