ERICA crassifolia.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores ramulos subterminales, plerumque terni. Corolla campanulata, rosea; oris laciniis cordatis, reflexis. Folia terna, oblonga, rotunda, brevia, carnosa, glauca. Caulis humilis, fruticosus. Rami et ramuli flexuosi.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers nearly terminate the smaller branches, mostly by threes. Blossom bell-shaped and of a rose-colour: segments of the border heartshaped and reflexed. Leaves by threes, oblong, roundish, short, fleshy, and of a sea-green colour. Stem low, shrubby. The large and smaller branches flexuose.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from April till July.
REFERENCE.
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1. Empalement, magnified. 2. Chives and pointal. 3. A chive, magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. |