ERICA spicata.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores plures, sub-terminales, arcte stipati in spicam duram, ima parte luteoli, summa virescentes, teretiusculi, basi attenuati; ore obtuso, quadrifido, æquali, connivente. Perianthium persistens. Folia subsena, mucronata, patentia. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis, erectus; ramis pluribus adscendentibus.
DESCRIPTION.
TIPS bearded, within the blossom. Flowers numerous, nearly at the ends of the branches, in hard close set spikes, the lower part light yellow, and the extremity of a light green; somewhat cylindrical, with a tapered base; the mouth blunt, and divided into a four-cleft equal border; the segments tend to each other. Cup permanent. Leaves mostly by sixes, sharp-pointed, and spreading. Stem shrubby, a foot high, upright, with numerous ascending branches.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from November till April.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement and blossom. 2. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 3. The chives detached from the pointal, one tip magnified. 4. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
