ERICA recurvata.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ: stylo exerto, longissimo. Flores in umbellis, 6-9, dependentes: pedunculis brevissimis; corolla oblonga, albicante, oris laciniis rectis, atro-ferrugineis. Folia numerosa, sparsa, obtusa, flexuosa: ramulis numerosis, confertis, apice recurvatis. Caulis erectus, fruticosus, pedalis.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, within the blossom: shaft without, and very long. Flowers grow in umbles of 6 to 9, hanging down: footstalks very short. Blossom oblong, of a whitish colour: segments of the border straight, and of a dark rusty colour. Leaves numerous, scattered, obtuse, and flexuose: the small branches numerous, crowded together, and recurved at the end. Stem upright, shrubby, a foot high.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from March till June.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement. 2. A blossom. 3. A chive magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
