ERICA grandinosa.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores in apicibus ramulorum sub-terni, cernui. Corolla campanulata, parva, albida, costata; laciniis oris revolutis. Pedunculi pallide carnei. Calyx duplex, exteriore trifoliato. Folia terna, subtrigona, obtusa, brevia. Caulis pedalis, virgatus, flexuosus, fruticosus. Ramuli patentes.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers grow from the ends of the small branches mostly by threes, nodding. Blossom bell-shaped, small, white, and ribbed; segments of the border rolled back. Peduncles of a pale flesh-colour. Cup double; the outer one three-leaved. Leaves by threes, nearly three-cornered, blunt, short. Stem a foot high, twiggy, bending, and shrubby. The small branches spreading.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In blossom from May till July.
REFERENCE.
1. A leaf magnified. 2. Empalement magnified. 3. A chive magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 5. Seed-bud magnified.
