ERICA pedunculata.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores in umbellis sub-terminalibus, cernuis: pedunculis longissimis, rubris, et lucidis. Corolla ovato-campanulata, pallide purpurea. Folia sparsa, linearia, obtusa, pilosa. Caulis pedalis et ultra: ramis longis, divaricatis, foliis vestitis.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips bearded, and within the blossom. Flowers grow in umbels nearly terminal, and nodding. Footstalks very long, red, and shining. Blossom ovately bell-shaped, of a pale purple colour. Leaves scattered, linear, blunt, and hairy. Stem a foot or more high. Branches long, straggling, and clothed with leaves.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from March till June.
REFERENCE.
1. A leaf magnified. 2. The empalement, natural size. 3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal magnified.
