ERICA costata.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ, stylo exserto. Corolla sub-cylindracea, incarnata, costata, oris laciniis erectis albidis. Folia caulina terna, linearia, obtusa, pubescentia; folia ramentacea erectiora, subserrata. Caulis fruticosus, bipedalis, erectus, ramosus. Ramuli frequentissimi.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, and within the blossom; pointal without. Blossoms nearly cylindrical, of a flesh colour, and ribbed; the segments of the mouth upright and white. The leaves of the stem grow by threes, linear, blunt, and downy; those on the smaller branches more upright, and a little sawed at the edges. Stem shrubby, two feet high, upright and branching. The smaller branches numerous.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from August till February.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement. 2. The chives and pointal. 3. A chive magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
