ERICA Lawsonia.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores in medio ramorum, sparsi, sub-sessiles. Corolla tubæformis, rubra: oris laciniis acutis, patentibus. Folia quaterna, linearia, acuta. Caulis humilis, fruticosus.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers grow about the middle of the branches, scattered, and nearly sessile. Blossom trumpet-shaped and red: segments of the border pointed and spreading. Leaves by fours, linear, and pointed. Stem low and shrubby.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from July till September.
REFERENCE.
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1. A leaf magnified. 2. Chives detached from the pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. |