ERICA thymifolia.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ basi bicornes, sub-inclusæ. Flores axillares, solitarii; pedunculis basi bracteis duabus instructis. Corolla parva, urceolata, saturate rosea; laciniis expansis, subtus concavis. Folia ternata, cordata, ciliata, subtus glauca. Caulis fruticosus, spithamæus, dumosus, perflexus; ramulis filiformibus, expansis, decumbentibus.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips two-horned at the base, and just within the blossom. Flowers axillary and solitary, with the peduncles furnished with two floral leaves at the base. Blossom small, pitcher-shaped, of a deep rose colour, with the segments expanded, and concave beneath. Leaves in threes, heart-shaped, hairy, and glaucous beneath. Stem shrubby, a span high, bushy, very much bent; with the branches thread-shaped, expanded, and decumbent.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from March till July.
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