ERICA pallens.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores terminales, in umbellis ternis vel senis, sub-sessiles. Corolla tubulosa, luteo-alba, horizontaliter sita: oris laciniis rotundatis, erecto-patentibus. Folia terna, subulata, tomentosa, albo-virescentia. Caulis humilis, fruticosus, semi-pedalis. Rami et ramuli numerosi, patentes.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, and within the blossom. Flowers terminate the branches in umbels of from three to six, nearly sessile. Blossom tubular, of a yellowish white colour, and standing in a horizontal direction. Segments of the border roundish, and between erect and spreading. Leaves by threes, awl-shaped, downy, and of a whitish green. Stem low, shrubby, half a foot high. The small and large branches are numerous, and spreading.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from April till July.
REFERENCE.
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1. The empalement magnified. 2. The chives and pointal. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 4. Seed-bud magnified. |