ERICA canaliculata, minor.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, sub-inclusæ. Flores in ramulis terminales, plerumque terni, cernui. Pedunculi colorati. Calyx glandulosus. Corolla parva, campanulata, pallide purpurea: oris laciniis ovatis, acutis. Folia terna, erecta, obtusa, supra plana, subtus canaliculata. Caulis fruticosus, bipedalis, erectus. Rami et ramuli verticillati, numerosi.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, and just within the blossom. Flowers terminate the ends of the smaller branches mostly by threes, hanging down. Footstalks coloured. Empalement glandular. Blossom small, bell-shaped, and of a pale purple: the segments are ovate, and sharp-pointed. Leaves by threes, upright and obtuse, flat on the upper surface, and channelled beneath. Stem shrubby, two feet high, and upright. The larger and smaller branches are whorled, and numerous.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from March till June.
REFERENCE.
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1. A leaf magnified. 2. The empalement magnified. 3. A chive magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. |