ERICA flagelliformis.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores ramos terminant in umbellis. Pedunculi carnei. Perianthium rosaceum, adpressum. Corolla urceolata, saturate carnea, ad basin pallida: oris laciniis patentibus. Folia terna, sub-acuminata, glabra, adpressa. Caulis virgatus, sesquipedalis. Rami et ramuli flexuosi.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers terminate the branches in umbels. Footstalks flesh-coloured. Empalement rose-coloured, and pressed to the blossom. Blossom pitcher-shaped, of a deep flesh-colour, paler at the base: segments of the border spreading. Leaves by threes, nearly pointed, smooth, and pressed to the branches. Stem twiggy, a foot and a half high. The large and small branches are flexuose.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from May till August.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement. 2. A blossom. 3. A chive. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 5. Seed-bud magnified. 6. Branch of a small variety.
