ERICA imbricata.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, exertæ. Flores in ramulis terminales, sub-terni, cernui. Perianthium duplicatum, adpressum, imbricatum; foliolis ovatis, viscosis, incarnatis; pedunculis longitudine calycis. Corolla urceolata, apice incarnata; laciniis minutis, obtusis, erectis. Folia terna, linearia, recta, truncata. Caulis fruticosus, erectus, spithamæus. Rami et ramuli numerosi.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, without the blossom. Flowers terminate the branches, mostly by threes, nodding. Cup double, pressed to the blossom, and tiled. The leaflets are egg-shaped, clammy, and flesh-coloured. Footstalks the length of the cup. Blossom pitcher-shaped, flesh-coloured at the mouth. The segments are blunt, small, and upright. Leaves by threes, linear, straight, and appearing cut off at the point. Stem shrubby, upright, a span high. The larger and smaller branches are numerous.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from July till October.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement magnified. 2. A blossom. 3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
