ERICA infundibuliformis.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ superne bicornutæ inclusæ; flores ad apices ramulorum quaterni; pedunculis brevissimi, bracteis tribus subulatis instructis; corollis tubulosis, longis, tenuis, rubris; folia terna, linearia, obtusa, glabra; caulis fruticosus, gracilis, pedalis et ultra, rami et ramuli filiformes, virgati.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips two, horned on the upper part, within the blossom; flowers grow by fours at the ends of the small branches; footstalks very short, and furnished with three awl-shaped floral leaves; blossoms tubular, long, slender, and of a red colour; leaves by threes, linear, obtuse, and smooth; stem shrubby, slender, a foot or more high; the large and small branches are thread-shaped and twiggy.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from August till November.
REFERENCES.
1. The empalement. 2. A chive, magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
