ERICA droseroides.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Corolla ventricosa, læte purpurea, costata, viscosa, pubescens; ore obliqua, arctata, profunde sanguinea; pedunculi longissimi. Folia alterna, sparsa, obtusa, apice reflexa, pilis glandulosis micantibus hirta. Caulis erectus, spithamæus. Rami filiformes, sparsi, erecto-patentes, virgati.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips crested, within the blossom, which is bellied, bright purple, ribbed, clammy, and downy; with the mouth oblique, narrowed, and of a deep blood colour; foot-stalks very long. Leaves alternate, scattered and blunt, the end reflexed, and thick with shining glandular hairs. Stem upright, a span high. Branches thread-shaped, scattered, upright, spreading, and twiggy.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from July till October.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 2. The chives detached from the pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
