ERICA stricta.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores terminales, umbellati, cernui: umbellæ 6-ad 12-floræ. Corolla sub-ovata, glabra, purpurea, ore arctata; laciniis minutis, reflexis. Folia quaterna, glabra, obtusa, horizontaliter patentia. Caulis erectus, fruticosus, sesquipedalis. Rami erecti, rigidi; ramulis verticillatis.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips crested, and within the blossom. Flowers terminate the branches in umbels, nodding. Umbels from 6 to 12 flowers. Blossom nearly egg-shaped, smooth, and purple; narrowed at the mouth, with the segments small and reflexed. Leaves by fours, smooth, blunt, and horizontally spreading. Stem upright, shrubby, a foot and a half high. Branches upright, and strict; the small branches in whorls.
Native of Portugal. In bloom from August till November.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement magnified. 2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 4. Seed-bud magnified.
