ERICA mundula.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores quaterni, terminales, fastigiati: corolla tubulosa, pellucida, ore arctata, quod ornatum est in modum Primulæ: laciniis cordatis, expansis, albis, subtus læte rubris. Folia quaterna, subulata, glabra, laxa, erecto-patentia. Frutex pygmæus. Caulis fruticosus: ramis numerosis.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers grow by fours, fastigiate, and terminal: blossom tubular and shining, narrowed at the mouth, which is ornamented like a Cowslip: segments of the border heart-shaped, spreading, and white, of a bright red colour beneath. Leaves by fours, awl-shaped, smooth, loose, and between erect and spreading. A dwarf shrub. Stem shrubby: branches numerous.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from June till September.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement. 2. A chive magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 4. Seed-bud magnified.
