REFERENCE.
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1. A leaf. 2. The empalement magnified, 3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 4. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. |
ERICA rupestris.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores terminales, plerumque ternati, cernui. Pedunculi rubri. Corolla campanulata, alba; laciniis semi-rotundis, patentibusque. Folia quaterna, conferta, patula, linearia, crassa, obtusa, lucida. Caulis humilis, humi fusus inter rupes.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers terminal, chiefly in threes, nodding. Footstalks red. Blossom bell-shaped, white; with the segments half round and spreading. Leaves by fours, crowded, spreading, linear, thick, blunt, and shining. The stem is low, and spread about upon the ground amongst rocks.