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1. The empalement magnified. 2. A chive magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. |
ERICA pygmæa.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores ramos terminant in umbellis: in ramulis plerumque terni: pedunculis longis coloratis, pilosis. Corolla campanulata, pilosa, saturate purpurea. Folia ternata, glabra, curvata, patentia, acuminata. Caulis humilis: ramis et ramulis numerosis, filiformibus: ramis longis, patentibus, decumbentibus.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips bearded, and within the blossom. Flowers terminate the branches in umbels, in the smaller branches mostly by threes: footstalks long, coloured, and hairy. Blossom bell-shaped, hairy, and of a deep purple colour. Leaves by threes, smooth, curved, spreading, and sharp-pointed. Stem low: the small and large branches numerous and thread-shaped: the larger branches long, spreading, and decumbent.
