ERICA palustris.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores terminales, in ramulis lateralibus, plerumque terni, numerosi. Corolla sub-cylindrica, seu potius angustissime campanulata, pubescens, incarnata; laciniis patulis, albidis. Folia quaterna, linearia, obtusa, et pubescentia. Caulis tenuis. Rami tenues et divaricati, ramulis numerosis brevibus.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers terminal, on the small lateral branches, mostly by threes, numerous. Blossom nearly cylindrical, or rather very narrowly bell-shaped, downy, and flesh-coloured; the segments of the border are spreading, and white. Leaves by fours, linear, blunt, and downy. Stem slender. Branches slender and divaricating, with numerous short branches.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from May till October.
REFERENCE.
1. A Leaf magnified. 2. The empalement magnified. 3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
