ERICA villosa.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, exertæ. Flores in extremis ramulis terminales, sub terni, penduli. Pedunculi longi, rubri. Perianthium lato-ovatum; margine calycis læte viridi. Corolla urceolata, villosa, alba; oris laciniis obtusis, erectis. Folia terna, linearia, obtusa; margine pilis longis hirta. Caulis fruticosus, flexuosus, purpurascens. Rami et ramuli filiformes, villosi.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, and without the blossom. Flowers grow at the extremity of the smaller branches, mostly by threes, hanging down. The footstalks are long, and of a red colour. Cup broadly egg-shaped; the edges of the cup are of a bright green colour. Blossom pitcher-shaped, villous, and white; the segments of the border are obtuse, and upright. Leaves by threes, linear, and blunt; the edges rough, with long hairs. Stem shrubby, flexuose, and of a purplish colour. The small and large branches are thread-shaped, and hairy.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from February till June.
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