ERICA nigrita.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, exertæ, atræ. Flores in apicibus ramulorum terminales, sub-terni. Corolla campanulata, albida; laciniis oris revolutis, et tubo majoribus. Folia terna, glabra, nitida, sub-triquetra, obtusa, crassa. Caulis fruticosus, erectus, pedalis. Rami et ramuli frequentissimi, sub-erecti, virgati.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, without the blossom, and black. Flowers grow from the ends of the small branches, mostly by threes. Blossom bell-shaped and white; the segments of the mouth are rolled back, and larger than the tube. Leaves by threes, smooth, shining, nearly three-sided, blunt, and thick. Stem shrubby, upright, a foot high. The larger and smaller branches are numerous, nearly upright, and twiggy.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from April till July.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 2. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal magnified.
