ERICA cubica, minor.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, sub-inclusæ. Flores sub-terminales, umbellati; pedunculis longissimis. Corolla sub-campanulata, purpurea; limbo maximo. Folia quaterna, obtusa, linearia, nitida. Caulis erectus, ramosus, palmaris. Rami et ramuli verticillati.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, just within the blossom. Flowers near the ends of the branches in umbels. Foot-stalks very long. Blossom nearly bell-shaped, and purple; border very large. Leaves by fours, blunt, linear, and shining. Stem upright, branching, a span high. The larger and smaller branches grow in whorls.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from August till November.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 2. The chives and pointal. 3. The same magnified.
