ERICA magnifica.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ basi bicornes, inclusæ. Flores plerumque ternati, patentes aut cernui. Corolla metulæformis, purpurea, lucida: oris laciniis erectis. Folia ternata, linearia, obtusa, subtus leviter sulcata, marginibus rotundatis. Frutex pygmæus, ramis et ramulis numerosis confertis.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips two-horned at the base, within the blossom. Flowers grow mostly by threes, spreading or nodding. Blossom skittle-shaped, purple and shining: segments of the border upright. Leaves by threes, linear, blunt, slightly furrowed beneath, and rounded on the edges. It is a dwarf shrub, with numerous large and small branches crowded together.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from August till November.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement. 2. Chives and pointal, summit magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
