ERICA pygmæa.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores ramos terminant in umbellis: in ramulis plerumque terni: pedunculis longis coloratis, pilosis. Corolla campanulata, pilosa, saturate purpurea. Folia ternata, glabra, curvata, patentia, acuminata. Caulis humilis: ramis et ramulis numerosis, filiformibus: ramis longis, patentibus, decumbentibus.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips bearded, and within the blossom. Flowers terminate the branches in umbels, in the smaller branches mostly by threes: footstalks long, coloured, and hairy. Blossom bell-shaped, hairy, and of a deep purple colour. Leaves by threes, smooth, curved, spreading, and sharp-pointed. Stem low: the small and large branches numerous and thread-shaped: the larger branches long, spreading, and decumbent.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from July till October.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement. 2. Chives and pointal, summit magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
