ERICA flammea.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores in ramulis terminales, racemum formantes prope caulis summitatem. Corolla tubiformis, sub-pollicaris, pallide lutea; apice sub-albidâ. Folia terna, sæpe quaterna, obtusa, linearia. Caulis erectus, bipedalis. Ramuli filiformes, virgati.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers terminating the small branches, making a long spike near the summit of the stem. Blossom trumpet-shaped, near an inch long, of a pale yellow; the end whitish. Leaves by threes, often in fours, blunt, and linear. Stem upright, two feet high. Branches thread-shaped, and twiggy.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from October till February.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
