ERICA Petiveriana, hirsuta.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, exertæ, longissimæ. Flores terminales in ramulis lateralibus, sub-terni, penduli, incurvi, pedunculis brevibus. Corolla clavata, incurva, uncialis, læte et lucide rubra, basi tumida, quadrifida. Folia ternata, subulata, hirsuta. Caulis erectus, sesquipedalis, inferne ramulis numerosis instructus.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, without the blossom, and very long. Flowers terminal on the small lateral branches, mostly by threes, pendulous, and incurved, with short footstalks. Blossom club-shaped, incurved, an inch long, of a bright shining red, swelled and quadrifid at the base. Leaves by threes, awl-shaped, and hairy. Stem upright, a foot and a half high, and furnished downwards with numerous small branches.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from January till April.
REFERENCE.
1. The under-side of a leaf magnified. 2. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 3. A blossom detached from the empalement. 4. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 5. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
