ERICA Petiveriana, aurantia.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, exertæ, longissimæ. Flores subterni, ramulos terminantes, incurvati, penduli. Pedunculi brevissimi. Corolla clavata, aurantia; laciniis limbi ovatis, erectis, inflatis, incurvatis. Folia terna, linearia, obtusa, patentia. Caulis erectus, sesquipedalis. Rami tecti ramulis, terni.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, without the blossom, and very long. Flowers mostly by threes, terminating the small branches, turned inwards, and hanging down. Footstalks very short. Blossom club-shaped and orange-coloured. Segments of the border are egg-shaped, upright, swelled out, and incurved. Leaves by threes, linear, blunt, and spreading. Stem upright, a foot and a half high. Branches covered by smaller branches, and growing by threes.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from March till May.