ERICA jasminiflora, minor.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ; flores terminates, terni vel seni; corolla rubra, summa cylindrica, ad basin inflata, ore arctata; pedunculis longis colaratis; folia ternata trigona acuta curvata; caulis fruticosus pedalis.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, within the blossom; flowers terminate the branches in threes or sixes; blossoms red, the upper part cylindrical, swelled at the base, and contracted at the mouth; footstalks long and coloured, leaves by threes, three-sided, pointed and curved; stem shrubby, a foot high.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from April till June.
REFERENCES.
1. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 2. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 3. Flower of a white variety. 4. Flower of a striped variety.
