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1. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 2. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. |
ERICA tenuiflora carnea.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores ramos terminant, terni vel quaterni, plerumque adscendentes. Corolla tubæformis, tenuissima, incarnata: laciniis oris æqualibus, cordatis, acutis, patentibus. Folia plerumque quaterna, leviter tomentosa, linearia, brevia, acuta, supra plana, subtus sulcata. Caulis pedalis et ultra, fruticosus flexuosus, filiformis, virgatus.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers terminate the branches by threes and fours, mostly ascending. Blossom trumpet-shaped, very slender, and flesh-coloured: segments of the border are equal, heart-shaped, pointed, and spreading. Leaves mostly by fours, slightly downy, linear, short and pointed, flat on the upper surface, and furrowed beneath. Stem a foot or more high, shrubby, flexuose, thread-shaped, and twiggy.
