ERICA clavata.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, exertæ, nigræ. Flores terni, in apicibus ramulorum, dependentes. Pedunculi fere nulli. Perianthium duplex. Corolla clavata, viridis: laciniis limbi erectis. Folia terna, linearia, obtusa, recta, glabra. Caulis erectus, humilis, ramosus.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, without the blossom, and black. Flowers grow by threes at the ends of the smaller branches, and hang down, with scarcely any footstalks. Cup double. Blossom club-shaped and green: the segments of the border are upright. Leaves by threes, linear, obtuse, straight and smooth. Stem upright, low, and branching.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from March till June.
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