ERICA ramentacea.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores plures, terminales, umbellati, conferti. Pedunculi purpurei, longissimi. Corolla globosa, rubro-purpurea, ore contracto, laciniis minutis, reflexis. Folia quaterna, linearia, glabra. Caulis erectus, spithamæus, ramosissimus. Rami et ramuli filiformes, divaricato-patentes.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers numerous, terminating the branches in close bunches. The footstalks are purple, and very long. Blossom globular, of a reddish purple, contracted at the mouth, the segments of which are very small, and rolled back. Leaves by fours, linear, and smooth. Stem upright, a span high, and very much branched. The large and small branches are thread-shaped, and spread in various directions.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from August till December.
REFERENCE.
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1. The empalement magnified. 2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. |