ERICA lanata.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, sub-exertæ. Flores in extremis ramulis terminates, quaterni, adpressi, cernuo-patentes; pedunculis brevissimis. Calyx duplex; exterius triphyllum, interius tetraphyllum; foliolis ovatis, concavis, incurvatis, lanâ densâ tectis, adpressis. Corolla sub-globosa, albida, lanata, in sinu calycis fere recondita. Folia terna, cuneata, marginibus revolutis, lanata. Caulis laxus, sesquipedalis. Rami et ramuli numerosi, laxi, tomentosi.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, just without the blossom. Flowers terminate the extremity of the branches by fours, pressed together, are nodding, and spreading; with very short footstalks. Empalement double; the outer three-leaved, the inner one four-leaved: the leaflets are ovate, concave, turned inwards, covered by a thick wool, and pressed to the flowers. Blossom nearly globular, whitish, woolly, and nearly hid within the cup. Leaves by threes, wedge-shaped, rolled back at the edges, and woolly. Stem weak, a foot and a half high. The large and small branches are numerous, weak, and downy.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from July till December.
REFERENCE.
1. The under side of a leaf magnified. 2. A blossom. 3. The empalement magnified. 4. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 5. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
