ERICA racemifera.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores sub-terminales, racemosi, cernui, plerumque duo; pedunculis longissimis. Corolla sub-globosa, purpurea; oris laciniis erecto-patentibus. Folia sena, linearia, conferta, oblique verticillata, tremula. Caulis fruticosus, sub-pedalis. Rami virgati, sub-simplices.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers nearly terminate the branches in clusters, hanging down, mostly two together, with very long footstalks. Blossom nearly globular, and purple; the segments of the border are between erect and spreading. Leaves by sixes, linear, crowded, irregularly whorled, and tremulous. Stem shrubby, near a foot high. Branches twiggy, and nearly simple.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from April till June.
REFERENCE.
1. An umbel of flowers. 2. The empalement magnified. 3. Chives and pointal. 4. A chive magnified. 5. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 6. Seed-bud magnified.
