ERICA cernua.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores umbellati, cernui, secundi, subovati, carnei; laciniis limbi acuminatis, sub-erectis. Folia quaterna, linearia, obtusa; petiolis brevissimis. Caulis fruticosus, erectus, pedalis. Rami sub-simplices, erecto-patentes.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips crested, within the blossom. The flowers grow in bunches, nodding, all pointing one way; nearly egg-shaped, of a pale flesh colour; the segments of the border tapered, and nearly upright. Leaves grow by fours, are linear and blunt, having very short footstalks. Stem shrubby, upright, a foot high. The branches are almost simple, upright, and spreading.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from August till December.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 2. The chives detached from the pointal, one tip magnified. 3. The seed-bud and pointal magnified.
