ERICA versicolor, longiflora.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, subinclusæ. Corolla sub-cylindracea, longissima, medio paululum arctata, ima parte saturate carnea, apice viridi: floribus terminalibus, ternatis, pendulis. Folia terna, linearia, subulata, subtus sulcata, glabra, viridia. Caulis fruticosus, tripedalis, erectus. Rami et ramuli numerosi.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, just within the blossom, which is nearly cylindrical, and very long, a little narrowed at the middle, the lower part of a deep flesh colour, and the mouth green. Flowers terminate the branches by threes, hanging down. Leaves by threes, linear, awl-shaped, furrowed on the under surface, smooth, and of a deep green. Stem shrubby, three feet high, erect. The large and smaller branches are numerous.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from October till July.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement. 2. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
