ERICA leucanthera.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores in ramulis terminales, conferti, racemosi. Pedunculi breves. Corolla urceolata, alba. Folia terna, trigona, glabra, obtusa, adpressa. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis. Rami et ramuli filiformes.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers terminate the small branches, clustered together, and forming long bunches. Footstalks short. Blossom pitcher-shaped and white. Leaves by threes, three-sided, smooth, blunt, and pressed to the stem. Stem shrubby, a foot high. The larger and smaller branches are thread-shaped.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from January till March.
REFERENCE.
1. A blossom with its empalement. 2. The empalement magnified. 3. The chives and pointal magnified.
