ERICA coronata.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris aristatis, inclusis; corollis cylindrico-clavatis, speciosissimis; foliis octonis seu spiraliter sparsis, truncatis, arcuatis.
DESCRIPTIO.
Caulis fruticosus, erectus, bipedalis, basi simplicissimus, rami pauci, simplices, longi.
Folia octona, linearia, obtusa, supra scabra, subtus sulcata, attenuata in petiolos longos capillares.
Flores plures, subterminales, simpliciter verticillati, conserti, viscosi; pedunculi longi recurvati, bracteis tribus instructi.
Calyx. Perianthium tetraphyllum, foliolis lanceolatis, viscosis, adpressis.
Corolla cylindrico-clavata, pollicaria, apice recurvata, ima parte profunde carnea, apice viridie, ore arctata, laciniis rectis.