ERICA taxifolia, major.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores ramos terminant in umbellis erectis. Corolla urceolata, carnea, calyce colorato fere tecta. Folia terna, rigida, trigona, mucronata, supra plana, subtus canaliculata. Caulis fruticosus, sesquipedalis.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips crested, and within the blossom. Flowers grow at the ends of the branches in upright umbels. Blossom pitcher-shaped, flesh-coloured, and almost covered by a coloured cup. Leaves by threes, harsh, three-sided, and mucronated, flat on their upper surface, and channelled beneath. Stem shrubby, a foot and a half high.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from July till December.
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