ERICA droseroides.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Corolla ventricosa, læte purpurea, costata, viscosa, pubescens; ore obliqua, arctata, profunde sanguinea; pedunculi longissimi. Folia alterna, sparsa, obtusa, apice reflexa, pilis glandulosis micantibus hirta. Caulis erectus, spithamæus. Rami filiformes, sparsi, erecto-patentes, virgati.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips crested, within the blossom, which is bellied, bright purple, ribbed, clammy, and downy; with the mouth oblique, narrowed, and of a deep blood colour; foot-stalks very long. Leaves alternate, scattered and blunt, the end reflexed, and thick with shining glandular hairs. Stem upright, a span high. Branches thread-shaped, scattered, upright, spreading, and twiggy.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from July till October.
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