ERICA multiflora.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, exertæ. Flores axillares, sub-terminales, sub-spicati. Pedunculi capillares, longissimi, bracteis tribus minutis instructi. Corolla cylindraceo-urceolata, costata, sub-carnea; laciniis minutis, reflexis. Folia quaterna seu quina, obtusa, glabra, linearia, recta. Caulis fruticosus, erectus, ramosus. Rami et ramuli rigidi, erecti.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, and without the blossom. Flowers grow from the insertion of the leaves, nearly terminal, and almost spiked. Footstalks hair-like, very long, and furnished with three small floral leaves. Blossom cylindrically pitcher-shaped, ribbed, and slightly flesh-coloured: segments small and reflexed. Leaves by fours or fives, blunt, smooth, linear, and straight. Stem shrubby, upright, and branching. The small and larger branches are harsh, and upright.
Native of Portugal.
In bloom from October till December.
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