ERICA laxa.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores parvi, sæpius ternati, in fasciculis terminalibus et lateralibus. Pedunculi brevissimi. Calyx duplex, coloratus, imbricatus. Corolla urceolata, superne rosea, laciniis patulis. Folia ternata, erecta, obtusa, minutim ciliata, subtus sulcata. Caulis fraticosus, ramosus. Rami obsolete verticillati, graciles, flexuosi, cortice ferrugineo-fusco.
DESCRIPTIONS.
Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers small, chiefly in threes, in terminal and lateral branches. Footstalks very short. Empalement double, coloured, and tiled. Blossom pitcher-shaped, rose-coloured above, with slightly spreading segments. Leaves in threes, upright, blunt, minutely ciliated, and furrowed beneath. Stem shrubby, branching. Branches obscurely whorled, slender, and flexuose, with a rusty brown bark.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from September till February.
REFERENCE.
1. A leaf magnified. 2. The empalement magnified. 3. A blossom. 4. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 5. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
