Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, and furnished at the base with honey-bearing nectaries.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of January till May.
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1. The Empalement. 2. The Chives and Pointal. 3. A Chive, one tip magnified. 4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. |
This species of Erica in the mutability of its flowers resembles the blossoms of the E. colorans. It was first raised from Cape seed at the Hammersmith Nursery in the summer of 1825, under the appellation of ruber-calyx: a specific title of one word would have been preferable, but it is very characteristic of the plant when in bloom, which is a recommendation not often to be met with where the best specific titles are already occupied. It is a handsome dwarf shrub, with abundance of successive bloom.[Pg 203]
