ERICA minutæflora.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, subinclusæ: stylo exserto: summitate magnâ, concavâ. Flores in summis ramulorum, paniculati, plerumque duo, axillares. Corolla campanulata, purpurea, minuta. Folia quaterna, linearia, longa, obtusa, glauca, et patentia. Caulis pedalis, erectus, flexuosus. Ramuli verticillati, adscendentes, filiformes.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, nearly within the blossom: shaft without: summit large and concave. Flowers grow in loose spikes, mostly by twos, from the axillæ of the leaves. Blossom bell-shaped, purple, and very small. Leaves by fours, linear, long, obtuse, glaucous, and spreading. Stem a foot high, upright, flexuose. Small branches grow in whorls, ascending, and thread-shaped.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom during the Autumnal months.
REFERENCE.
1. Empalement magnified. 2. A flower magnified. 3. chives and pointal. 4. A chive magnified. 5. Seed-bud and pointal magnified.
