ERICA incarnata.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ cristatæ, sub-inclusæ. Flores in ramulis terminales, in racemum densum coalescentes. Pedunculi longi, purpurei. Corolla sub-ovata, cernua, carnea; ore contracto, lævissime quadrifido, laciniis erectis. Folia quaterna, obtusa, linearia, glabra. Caulis sub-erectus, pedalis, ramosissimus; rami et ramuli flexuosi, divaricatopatentes.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips crested, and just within the blossom. The flowers grow at the ends of the smaller branches, forming a close bunch. Footstalks are long, and purple. Blossom nearly egg-shaped, bending down, and flesh-coloured; the mouth contracted, and slightly cut into four upright segments. Leaves by fours, obtuse, linear, and smooth. Stem nearly upright, a foot high, and very much branched; the large and smaller branches are flexuose, and spread outwards.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from July till October.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement magnified. 2. The chives spread open, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
