ERICA Banksia, purpurea.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, exertæ, longissimæ. Flores in ultimis ramulis terni, cernui; pedunculis brevissimis. Perianthium duplex; exterius triphyllum, interius tetraphyllum; foliolis lanceolatis, rigidis. Corolla cylindrica, luteolo-alba; oris laciniis patentibus, saturate purpureis. Folia terna, subulata, trigona, lucida. Frutex pygmæus, sub-spithamæus, rigidus, ramosissimus.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, without the blossom, and very long. Flowers grow by threes at the ends of the small branches, nodding; with very short footstalks. Cup double; the outer three-leaved, the inner four-leaved. The leaflets are lance-shaped, and harsh. Blossom cylindrical, of a yellowish white. The segments of the border are spreading, and of a deep purple. Leaves by threes, awl-shaped, three-sided, and shining. A dwarf shrub, scarce a span high, harsh, and much branched.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from August till October.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement magnified. 2. A blossom. 3. The chives. 4. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 5. Seed-bud magnified.
