ERICA mollis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores in umbellis axillares. Corolla globosa, purpurea, pilosa: laciniis rotundatis, patentibus, æqualibus. Folia quaterna, linearia, obtusa, pilosa, patentia, supra plana, subtus sulcata. Caulis pedalis, fruticosus, erectus, ramulis adscendentibus.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers grow in umbels from the axillæ of the leaves. Blossom globular, purple, and hairy: segments of the border rounded, spreading, and equal. Leaves by fours, linear, obtuse, hairy, and spreading, flat on their upper surface, and furrowed beneath. Stem a foot high, shrubby and upright: branches ascending.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from July till September.
REFERENCE.
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1. Empalement magnified. 2. A Chive magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. |