ERICA speciosa.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores 2-4-nati, sed plerumque ternati, cernui, ramulos laterales terminantes. Pedunculi colorati. Corolla cylindrica, uncialis, curvata, viscosa, lucida, saturate et læte rubra, sed apicem versus viridis: laciniis superne patentibus. Folia terna, linearia, obtusa, pubescentia. Caulis fruticosus, bipedalis, erectus, ramosus.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips bearded, and within the blossom. Flowers in twos and fours, but mostly by threes, bowing, terminating the lateral branches. Footstalks coloured. Blossom cylindrical, an inch long, curved, viscous, and shining, of a deep bright red colour, but towards the apex green; with the upper part of the segments spreading. Leaves by threes, linear, blunt, and downy. Stem shrubby, two feet high, upright, and branching.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from June till September.
REFERENCE.
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1. The empalement. 2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. |