ERICA Swainsonia.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, sub-inclusæ: flores ramos terminant in umbellis: corolla sub-cylindrica, pollicaris, miniata: folia quina vel sena, obtusa, erecta, conferta: caulis fruticosus, erectus, pedalis et ultra: ramis verticillatis.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, just within the blossom: flowers terminate the branches in umbels: blossoms nearly cylindrical, an inch long, of a reddish colour: leaves by fives and sixes, obtuse, upright, and crowded together: stem shrubby, upright, a foot or more high: the branches grow in whorls.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from August till October.
REFERENCE.
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1. The empalement. 2. The chives liberated from the pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. |