ERICA horizontal.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, exertæ. Flores in ultimis ramulis, plerumque terni, et cernui. Pedunculi breves, bracteis tribus spathulatis, imbricatis. Corolla ovata, basi alba, apice atro-fusca. Folia quaterna, obtusa, linearia, glabra, horizontalia. Caulis erectus, subpedalis, ramosus. Rami et ramuli virgati.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, without the blossom. Flowers grow at the ends of the smaller branches, mostly by threes, and nodding. Footstalks short, and furnished with three spatula-shaped, tiled floral leaves. Blossom egg-shaped, white at the base, and of a dark brown towards the point. Leaves by fours, obtuse, linear and smooth; standing out horizontally. Stem upright, near a foot high, and branching. The large and small branches are twiggy.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from July till November.
REFERENCE.
1. The Empalement magnified. 2. A blossom, natural size. 3. The same magnified. 4. Seed-bud, chives, and pointal magnified.
