active 1799-1828 Henry Cranke Andrews

“ Flores terminales, sub-solitarii, cernui. Corolla globosa, campanulata, lutea. Folia quaterna, linearia, angusta, glabra, erecta. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis, ramosus. Rami et ramuli filiformes, virgati, glabri.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers grow nearly solitary at the end of the small branches, hanging down. Blossom globularly bell-shaped, and yellow. Leaves by fours, linear, narrow, smooth and upright. Stem shrubby, a foot high, branching. The large and small branches are thread-shaped, twiggy, and smooth. ”

“ The great difficulty attending the cultivation of many of the species, so generally complained of, can only be surmounted by great care and attention to keep them from the partial damps and fogs so prevalent in this island. ”

“ REFERENCE.
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ERICA Petiveriana. DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, exertæ, longissimæ. Flores, bini vel terni, terminant ramulos in medio ramorum. Pedunculi brevissimi. Bracteæ calyciformes. ”