ERICA calycina, major.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores in ultimis ramulis terminales, umbellati. Pedunculi carnei. Perianthium tetraphyllum; foliolis spathulatis, acuminatis, carneis, ad basin virescentibus, corolla longioribus. Corolla urceolata, saturate carnea, ad basin pallida; oris laciniis patentibus, acuminatis. Folia terna, lanceolata, trigona, acuminata, adpressa. Caulis virgatus, pedalis. Rami et ramuli flexuosissimi.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips crested, and within the blossom. Flowers terminate the smaller branches in umbels. Footstalks flesh-coloured. Cup four-leaved. Leaflets spathula-shaped, sharp-pointed, flesh-coloured, greenish at the base, and longer than the flower. Blossom pitcher-shaped, of a deep flesh-colour, pale at the base: segments of the border spreading, and sharp-pointed. Leaves by threes, lance-shaped, three-sided, sharp-pointed, and pressed to the branches. Stem twiggy, a foot high. The small and large branches are very flexuose.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from June till September.
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