ERICA glauca.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores terminales, umbellati, nutantes. Pedunculi longissimi, colorati. Corolla sub-conica, atro-purpurea, ore arctata. Folia terna, acuta, patentia, glabra, carnosa, glauca. Caulis erectus, fragilis, bipedalis. Rami erecti, longi, sub-simplices.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers terminate the branches in bunches, nodding. The footstalks are very long, and coloured. Blossom nearly conical, dark purple, and narrowed at the mouth. Leaves by threes, linear-pointed, and spreading, smooth, fleshy, and of a sea-green colour. Stem upright, brittle, two feet high. The branches are upright and long, with few small branches.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from May till July.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement and floral leaves. 2. The chives detached from the pointal. 3. A chive magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
