ERICA verticillata.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores in apicibus ramorum, verticillati, nutantes, conferti, ventricoso-cylindrici, pollicares, ad basin tetragoni, profunde costati, ore arctato, saturate aurantio. Folia quaterna, glabra, linearia, acuta. Caulis erectus, bipedalis. Rami verticillati.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers grow in whorls at the upper part of the branches, hanging downwards and close together, of a swelled cylinder-shape, an inch long, four-cornered at the base and deeply ribbed. The mouth is narrowed, and of a deep orange colour. Leaves by fours, smooth, linear, and sharp. Stem upright, two feet high. The branches grow in whorls.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from July till November.
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