ERICA triflora.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores ramulos terminant, terni, cernui. Calycis foliola ovata, carinata, adpressa. Corolla alba, globosa. Folia terna, sub-trigona, acuta, patentia. Caulis sesquipedalis, erectus, ramosus.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips crested, and within the blossom. Flowers terminate the smaller branches by threes, nodding. The leaflets of the empalement are ovate, carinate, and pressed to the flower. Blossom white and globular. Leaves by threes, nearly three-sided, pointed, and spreading. Stem a foot and a half high, upright, and branching.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from April till July.
REFERENCE.
1. Branch of a small variety. 2. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
