ERICA taxifolia.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores in apicibus ramulorum umbellati, numerosi, erecti. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis ovatis, mucronatis, concavis, membranaceis. Corolla ventricosa, ore arctata, carnea, laciniis patentibus. Folia terna, trigona, glabra, rigida, mucronata. Caulis fruticosus, erectus, sub-pedalis, ramosissimus.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers grow at the ends of the small branches in umbels, numerous and upright. Cup four-leaved; leaflets egg-shaped, pointed, concave, and skinny. Blossom swelled at the base, narrowed at the mouth, and flesh-coloured; segments spreading. Leaves by threes, three-sided, smooth, harsh, and pointed. Stern shrubby, upright, near a foot high, and very branching.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from August till November.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement magnified. 2. A blossom divested of its empalement. 3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 4. Seed-bud magnified.
