ERICA hirta.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores terminales, terni, cernui. Pedunculi breves. Corolla clavata, pollicaris, ad basin profunde rubro-purpurea, apice virescens, ore parum arctata; laciniis obtusis, erectis. Folia terna, linearia, obtusa, hirta. Caulis erectus, ramosus, bipedalis.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips bearded, and within the blossom. Flowers terminate the branches by threes, hanging down. Footstalks short. Blossom club-shaped, an inch long, of a deep red purple at the base, greenish at the end, a little narrowed at the mouth: segments blunt, and upright. Leaves by threes, linear, blunt, and hairy. Stem upright, branching, and two feet high.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from January till April.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement. 2. The chives and pointal spread. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
