ERICA pubescens, minor.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores in ramulis terminales, umbellati, numerosi. Corolla ovata, obtusa, villosa; laciniis minutis, erectis. Folia quaterna, obtusa, hirta, erecta. Caulis sesquipedalis, ramosus, pilosus. Rami et ramuli pilosi, virgati, erecti.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers terminate the small branches in numerous umbels. Blossom egg-shaped, obtuse, covered with soft hairs; segments of the border very small and upright. Leaves by fours, blunt, hairy and upright. Stem a foot and a half high, branching and hairy. The large and small branches are hairy, twiggy, and upright.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from October till March.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 2. The chives and pointal. 3. A chive magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal magnified.
