ERICA lachnæa.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ aristatæ, sub-inclusæ. Flores plerumque terni, in capitulis terminalibus. Corolla sub-campanulata, alba; laciniis rotundis, maximis, expansis. Folia terna, carnosa, obtusa, imbricata. Caulis fruticosus, sub-pedalis, ramosus. Rami et ramuli foliis imbricatis involuti.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips bearded, just within the blossom. Flowers chiefly by threes, in terminal heads. Blossom nearly bell-shaped, and white; with the segments round, large, and spreading. Leaves by threes, fleshy, blunt, and tiled. Stem shrubby, near a foot high, and branching. The large and small branches are enveloped by the leaves, which are tiled.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from May till July.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement magnified. 2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 4. Seed-bud magnified.
