ERICA præstans.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores ramos terminant in umbellis quaternis vel octonis. Pedunculi breves. Corolla urceolata, alba, laciniis magnis expansis. Folia quaterna, linearia, erecta, obtusa. Caulis pedalis, erectus, ramosus. Rami et ramuli graciles.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers terminate the branches in umbels of from four to eight. Footstalks short. Blossom pitcher-shaped and white; segments of the border large and spreading. Leaves by fours, linear, upright, and blunt-ended. Stem a foot high, upright, shrubby. Large and small branches slender.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from June till November.
REFERENCE.
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1. The empalement. 2. Chives and pointal. 3. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. |