ERICA metulæflora discolor.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ ad basin bicornes, inclusæ. Flores in umbellis terminalibus. Corolla tubulosa, oblonga, ad basin rosea; oris laciniis cordatis, acutis, albis. Folia quaterna, linearia. Caulis pedalis, fruticosus; ramis et ramulis numerosis.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips two-horned at the base, within the blossom. Flowers grow in terminal umbels. Blossom tubular, oblong, rose-coloured at the base: segments of the border heart-shaped, pointed, and white. Leaves by fours, linear. Stem a foot high and shrubby, with numerous large and small branches.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from August till October.
REFERENCE.
1. A chive, tip magnified. 2. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
