ERICA flexuosa.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, exertæ, rubræ. Flores in ultimis ramulis terminales, sub-terni. Bracteæ albidæ, juxta basin calycis sitæ. Corolla minuta, sub-campanulata, albida; oris laciniis adpressis. Folia terna, linearia, glabra. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis. Rami flexuosi, inferne nudi.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, red, and without the blossom. The flowers terminate the ends of the small branches, mostly by threes. The floral leaves are white, and placed close to the cup. Blossom small, nearly bell-shaped, and white: the segments of the mouth are pressed to the threads. Leaves by threes, linear, and smooth. Stem shrubby, a foot high. The branches grow zigzag, and are naked at the lower part.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from April till July.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 2. A blossom. 3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal magnified.
