ERICA lutea.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Corolla lutea, ovato-acuminata, ore arctata. Flores plures, conglomerati. Folia opposita, linearia, adpressa, triquetra, nitida. Caulis laxus, filiformis, gracilis, ad basin ramosus. Ramuli conferti.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, within the blossom, which is yellow, of a pointed oval shape, and compressed at the mouth. The flowers are numerous, and close together. The leaves grow opposite in pairs, are linear, three-sided, pressed to the stem, and shining. Stem flexible, thread-shaped, slender, branching to the bottom. The branches crowded together.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from September till May.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement and floral leaves. 2. The chives detached from the pointal, one tip magnified. 3. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
