ERICA aspera.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores in ramulis terminales, umbellati, terni vel seni, cernui. Pedunculi brevissimi, bracteis tribus hispidis adpressis. Corolla tubulato-ventricosa, setis densissime circumsessa, lutea, pollicaris, ore obsolete quadrifida. Folia quaterna, lanceolata, aculeata, subtus sulco exarata. Caulis erectus, bipedalis. Rami pauci; ramuli numerosi, simplices.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers terminate the small branches in umbels of from three to six, nodding. Peduncles very short, and furnished with three hispid floral leaves pressed to the cup. Blossom of an inflated tubular form, closely beset with bristles, yellow, an inch long; the mouth is slightly divided into four segments. Leaves by fours, lance-shaped, prickly, and deeply furrowed beneath. Stem upright, two feet high. Branches few; the smaller branches numerous and simple.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from October till February.