ERICA Muscari.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores luteoli, suaviter olentes, sæpius quaterni, cruciformes, terminales. Corolla oblongo-ovata, summa parte arctata; laciniis æqualibus, revolutis. Folia quaterna, linearia, acuta, glabra, nitida. Caulis fruticosus, sesquipedalis, ramosissimus.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips, beardless, and within the blossom. Flowers yellowish, and sweet-scented, mostly four together, cross-shaped, and terminating the branches. Blossom oblong-egg-shaped, narrowed at the top; with the segments equal, and rolled back. Leaves by fours, linear, pointed, smooth, and shining. Stem shrubby, a foot and a half high, and very branching.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from March till July.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement magnified. 2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
