ERICA Uhria.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ aristatæ, sub-exertæ; stylo exerto, apice curvato. Flores terminales, solitarii, racemum formantes in apicibus ramorum. Corolla tubuloso-clavata, sanguinea, apice virescens, viscosa; laciniis limbi erectis. Folia terna, linearia, glabra, erecto-patentia. Caulis fruticosus, bipedalis. Rami pauci; ramuli numerosi.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips bearded, just without the blossom. Shaft without, and curved at the end. Flowers terminate the small branches, grow solitary, forming a long bunch near the tops of the branches. Blossom tubularly club-shaped, of a blood colour, green at the end, and clammy. The segments of the border are upright. Leaves by threes, linear, smooth, and between erect and spreading. Stem shrubby, two feet high. The larger branches are few; the smaller ones numerous.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from August till September.