ERICA primuloides.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores sessiles, erecti, fastigiati, quaterni et quini, terminales, vix pedunculati. Corolla ventricosa, lucide rubra, ore arctata, quod ornatum est in modum primulæ: laciniis cordatis, expansis, albis, subtus læte rubris. Folia quina, linearia, glabra, crassiuscula, erecta, conferta. Caulis fruticosus, spithamæus, erectus, ramosus. Rami numerosi.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers sit close, in upright bunches, by fours and fives, terminating the branches, with scarcely any footstalks. Blossom bellied, and of a shining red, narrowed at the mouth, which is ornamented like a cowslip. Segments of the border are heart-shaped, spreading and white, and of a bright red on the under side. Leaves by fives, linear, smooth, thickish, upright, and crowded together. Stem shrubby, a span high, upright, and branching. Branches numerous.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from May till July.
REFERENCE.