ERICA costata, superba.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores in ramulis terminalibus, plerumque terni, subcernui. Corolla cylindrica, clavata, pollicaris, pallide carnea, costata: oris laciniis luteolo-albentibus. Folia ternata, linearia, obtusa, pubescentia. Caulis bipedalis, fruticosus, erectus, ramosus: ramulis frequentissimis, longis.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers terminate the branches mostly by threes, nearly drooping. Blossom cylindrically club-shaped, an inch long, of a pale flesh-colour, and ribbed; segments of the border of a whitish yellow. Leaves by threes, linear, obtuse, and downy. Stem two feet high, shrubby, upright, and branching: small branches numerous and long.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from May till July.
REFERENCE.
1. A Chive, summit magnified. 2. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 3. Seed-bud, magnified. 4. Flower of a monstrous variety.
