ERICA Plukenetia, albens.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, exertæ, longissimæ. Flores sub-solitarii, pendentes a ramulis, in medio ramorum crescentes, et spicam laxam formantes. Pedunculi longi: bracteis tribus minutis ad basin instructis. Corolla conica, exalbida: laciniis erectis. Folia terna, fasciculata, linearia, arcuata, acuta, glabra. Caulis erectus, sesquipedalis, fruticosus. Rami sub-simplices, ramulis numerosis brevissimis tecti.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, without the blossom, and very long. Flowers nearly solitary, hanging down from the small branches, growing near the middle of the branches, and forming a loose spike. Footstalks long, and furnished at the base with three small floral leaves. Blossom conical and whitish. Segments of the border are upright. Leaves by threes, bundled together, linear, bowed, sharp-pointed, and smooth. Stem upright, a foot and a half high, and shrubby. The large branches nearly simple, and covered with numerous very short branches.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from May till September.
REFERENCE.
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1. The empalement. 2. The chives and pointal. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 4. The seed-bud magnified. 5. Flower of a large variety. |