ERICA Massonia.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores sub-terminales, verticillis simplicibus, cernuo-patentibus. Corolla sub-cylindracea, micans, viscosa, colore rubro, luteo, et viridi, quam speciosissime imbuta. Folia sub-quaterna, pilis longis vestita. Caulis fruticosus, erectus, bipedalis, ad basin simplex, dein ramosus; rami sub-erecti, foliis omnino tecti.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers nearly terminal in simple whorls, bending down, and spreading. Blossom nearly cylindrical, shining, clammy, and most beautifully coloured with red, yellow, and green. Leaves mostly by fours, clothed with long hairs. Stem shrubby, upright, two feet high, simple at the base, then branching, the branches nearly upright, and quite covered by the leaves.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from April till August.
REFERENCE.
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1. The empalement magnified. 2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. |