ERICA ventricosa.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris basi bicornibus inclusis; corollis oblongo-ovatis, ventricosis, glabris; foliis quaternis ciliatis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis fruticosus, semipedalis, teres, crassiusculus, ramosissimus, ramis recurvato-adscendentibus.
Folia quaterna, linearia, acuta, basi recurvata, apice adscendentia, ciliata, supra plana, subtus revoluta, nitida, petiolis brevissimis adpressis.
Flores terminales, plures, fastigiati, erecti; pedunculi purpurei, basi instructa bracteis binis, parvis, oppositis.
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum foliolis erectis, carinatis, ciliatis.
Corolla oblongo-ovata, apice arctata, limbo æquali, quadrilobo, subreflexo, albo-purpurascens, glabra, nitida.