ERICA undulata.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores ramulos terminant, plerumque terni. Corolla ampullacea, costata, undulata, rubra. Folia terna, linearia, brevia, adscendentia, verticillis irregulariter confertis. Caulis fruticosus. Rami virgati, flexuosi.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers terminate the branches, mostly by threes. Blossom flask-shaped, ribbed, undulated, and of a red colour. Leaves by threes, linear, short, and ascending in irregularly crowded whorls. Stem shrubby. Branches twiggy, and flexuose.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from May till July.
REFERENCE.
1. Empalement. 2. A chive, tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
