ERICA Plukenetia, nana.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, longissimæ, exertæ. Flores solitarii, in medio ramorum, ex axillis foliorum. Pedunculi longissimi, bracteis minutis, remotis. Corolla sub-cylindrica, glabra, rubro-purpurea; laciniis limbi obtusis, obsoletis, viridibus, erectis. Folia terna, linearia, glabra, arcuata, inflexa, subtus sulcata. Caulis sub-pedalis, erectus, robustus. Ramuli numerosi, sub-erecti.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, very long, and without the blossom. Flowers grow singly, in the middle of the branches, from the base of the leaves. Footstalks very long, with minute floral leaves at a distance from the cup. Blossom nearly cylindrical, smooth, of a red purple; the segments of the border blunt, very small, green, and upright. Leaves by threes, linear, smooth, bent like a bow, turned inwards, and furrowed beneath. Stem nearly a foot high, upright, and sturdy. The small branches are numerous, and nearly upright.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from June till November.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 2. The chives detached, one tip magnified. 3. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 4. Seed-bud magnified.
