ERICA caffra.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ, stylo exserto. Corolla campanulata, minuta, cernua, odoratissima, alba. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis. Rami erecti. Folia quaterna, linearia, obtusa, sub-ciliata, patentia.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips bearded, within the blossom, shaft without. Blossoms bell-shaped, small, nodding, sweet-scented, and white. Stem shrubby, grows a foot high. The branches are upright. Leaves by fours, linear, obtuse, a little hairy, and spreading.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from October till February.
REFERENCE.
1. A leaf magnified. 2. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 3. The chives and pointal magnified. 4. The seed-bud magnified.
