ERICA vernex.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores laterales, plerumque ternati, cernui, speciosi. Corolla sub-globosa, glutinosissima, et lucida, colore aureo, limbo saturate viridi, laciniis erectis. Folia ternata, sub-trigona, supra plana, subtus sulco exarata. Caulis erectus, pedalis et ultra: ramulis ternis, verticillatis.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips crested, and within the blossom. Flowers grow sideways, mostly by threes, and showy. Blossom nearly round, very glutinous and shining, of a gold colour, with the border of a deep green colour: segments upright. Leaves by threes, nearly three-sided, flat on their upper surface, and deeply furrowed beneath. Stem upright, a foot or more high. The smaller branches grow by threes in whorls.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from January till May.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement. 2. The chives and pointal, highly magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, natural size.
