ERICA pilulifera.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores in ramulis terminalibus, plerumque bini: corollis globosis, albis: laciniis ovatis, æqualibus, compressis. Folia ternata, brevia, obtusa, supra plana, subtus sulcata. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis: ramis numerosis, flexuosis, filiformibus.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips bearded, within the blossom: flowers terminate the branches mostly by twos: blossom globular and white: segments of the border ovate, equal, and flattened. Leaves by threes, short, blunt-ended, flat on their upper surface, and furrowed beneath. Stem shrubby, a foot high: branches numerous, flexuose, and thread-shaped.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from May till July.
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