ERICA rosea.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores 2-3-nati, fere laterales, nutantes. Corolla cylindrica, paululum curvata, uncialis, læte rosea; laciniis erectis. Folia plerumque quina vel sena, erecta, setacea, conferta. Caulis fruticosus, bipedalis; ramis ramulisque erectis, et sæpe alternis.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, and within the blossom. Flowers grow in twos and threes, nearly lateral, and nodding. Blossom cylindrical, slightly curved, an inch long, and of a bright rose-colour: the segments are upright. Leaves chiefly in fives or sixes, upright, bristle-shaped, and crowded. Stem shrubby, two feet high. The branches and branchlets are upright, and often alternate.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from June till October.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
