ERICA Hibbertia.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, sub-inclusæ. Flores sub-terminales, in multis verticillis simplicibus. Corolla sub-cylindracea, curvata, tenuissime sulcata, micans, viscosa, saturate et læte rubra, sed apicem versus viridis. Folia sena, obtusa, conferta. Caulis fruticosus, erectus, pedalis, robustus; ramis patentibus.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, just within the blossom. Flowers grow near the summit of the branches in numerous single whorls. Blossom nearly cylindrical, curved, and slightly furrowed, shining, viscous, of a deep bright red, but towards the end green. Leaves in sixes, blunt, and crowded. Stem shrubby, upright, a foot high, and stout. The larger branches spreading.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from July till September.
REFERENCE.
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1. The empalement magnified. 2. Chives and pointal, a tip and the summit magnified. 3. Seed-bud magnified. 4. A blossom of a smaller variety. |