ERICA oppositifolia, rubra.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores terminales, plerumque bini. Pedunculi breves, bracteis duabus. Perianthium magnum, ovatum, acutum. Corolla urceolata, rubra: limbo quadrilobo, sub-reflexo. Folia binatim opposita, triquetra, nitida, adpressa. Caulis semi-pedalis, filiformis, gracilis, ad basin ramosus. Ramuli conferti, flexuosi.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, and within the blossom. Flowers terminate the branches mostly in pairs. Footstalks short, having two floral leaves. Cup large, oval, and sharp-pointed. Blossom pitcher-shaped, and red, having a slightly reflexed four-lobed border. Leaves grow opposite in pairs, three-sided, shining, and pressed to the stem. Stem half a foot high, thread-shaped, and slender, branching to the bottom. The branches crowded together, and flexuose.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from May till August.
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