ERICA foliacea.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores in ramulis terminalibus, quaterni, subsessiles. Corolla subcylindrica, curvata, cernuo-patens, subpollicaris, flava, et transparens. Folia sparsa, numerosa, adscendentia. Caulis erectus, fruticosus: ramis et ramulis plerumque foliis tectis.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers terminate the smaller branches by fours, and are nearly sessile. Blossoms nearly cylindrical, curved, between spreading and nodding, nearly an inch long, yellow, and transparent. Leaves scattered, numerous, and ascending. Stem upright and shrubby: the small and large branches mostly covered by the leaves.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from August till October.
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