ERICA spuria.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores in apicibus ramulorum, sub-quaterni. Pedunculi brevissimi, bracteis tribus minutis instructi. Corolla sub-cylindrica, pollicaris, læte purpurea; laciniis sub-ovatis, acutis, revolutis. Folia quaterna, linearia, sub-ciliata, subtus sulcata. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis, ramosus. Ramuli frequentissimi.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers grow at the ends of the small branches, mostly by fours. The footstalks are very short, with three very small floral leaves. Blossom nearly cylindrical, an inch long, and of a bright purple. Segments of the border are nearly egg-shaped, sharp-pointed, and rolled back. Leaves by fours, linear, slightly haired, and furrowed beneath. Stem shrubby, a foot high, and branching. The small branches are numerous.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from April till August.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 2. The chives detached from the pointal, one tip magnified. 3. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
