ERICA fimbriata.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ basi bicornutæ, inclusæ. Flores in extremis ramulis terminales, terni et ultra, cernuo-patentes; pedunculis brevibus, bracteis tribus fimbriatis, adpressis. Corolla sub-globosa, rubro-purpurea; laciniis semi-orbiculatis, æqualibus, patentibus. Folia terna et quaterna, erecto-patentia, obtusa, carinata, serrulata. Caulis fruticosus, semipedalis; ramis filiformibus, flexuosis.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips two-horned at the base, and within. Flowers grow at the extremity of the smaller branches in threes or more, between nodding and spreading. The footstalks are short, with three fringed floral leaves pressed to the cup. Blossom nearly globular, of a red purple: the segments form a half round, are equal and spreading. Leaves by threes and fours, between erect and spreading, obtuse, keeled, and slightly sawed. Stem shrubby, half a foot high. The branches are thread-shaped and pliant.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from March till June.
REFERENCE.
1. A leaf magnified. 2. The under side of the same magnified. 3. A blossom. 4. Flowers of a white and purple variety. 5. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 6. Seed-bud, chives and pointal, magnified.
