ERICA gelida.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Floras in ultimis ramis axillares, spicati, imbricati, dependentes. Corolla cylindrica, apice arctata, pollicaris, albicante-virescens, apice atro-virens. Folia ramulorum, subquaterna; ramorum sena, curvata, acuta, patentia. Caulis strictissimus, fruticosus, tripedalis. Rami pauci. Ramuli verticillati.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers grow near the top of the branches, close to the stem, in spikes, imbricated hanging down. Blossom cylindrical, narrowed at the top, an inch long, of a whitish green, and dark green at the end. Leaves on the small branches mostly by fours; those on the larger by sixes, curved, pointed, and spreading. Stem very upright, shrubby, three feet high. Few large branches. The small branches grow in whorls.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from April till July.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement and floral leaves. 2. The chives detached, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
