ERICA patens.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, sub-inclusæ. Flores in apice ramulorum, terni. Pedunculi breves. Corolla campanulata, purpurea; laciniis ovatis, concavis, maximis, expansis. Folia terna, ovalia, concava, glandulosa, obtusa, patentia; petiolis brevissimis adpressis. Caulis fruticosus, erectus, bipedalis. Rami et ramuli numerosi, verticillati, virgati, patentes.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, just within the blossom. Flowers terminate the small branches, by threes. Footstalks short. Blossom bell-shaped, and purple. The segments of the border are oval, concave, very large, and spreading. Leaves by threes, oval, concave, glandular, blunt, and spreading; with very short footstalks pressed to the branches. Stem shrubby, upright, two feet high. The large and small branches are numerous, whorled, twiggy, and spreading.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from February till June.
REFERENCE.
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1. A leaf magnified. 2. The empalement magnified. 3. The chives and pointal, magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, magnified. |