ERICA cerinthoides.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores magni, in racemis compressis, ad apices ramorum fixi, cernui. Pedunculi hispidi, bracteis tribus foliis alteris similibus instructi. Corolla tubulato-ventricosa, pollicaris, læte rubra, pilis hirsutis tecta: ore obsolete quadrifido. Folia quaterna, ciliata, oblonga, supra convexa, subtus sulco exarata. Caulis flexibilis, erectus, bipedalis. Rami pauci, erecti, rarò ramulosi.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers are large, growing in close bunches, fixed altogether at the end of the branches, bending downwards. The footstalks are hairy, having three floral leaves similar to the other leaves. Blossom of an inflated tubular form, an inch long, of a rich red colour, and covered with harsh hairs: the mouth is slightly cut into four segments. Leaves by fours, lashed, oblong, rounded on the upper surface, and deeply furrowed beneath. Stem flexible, erect, two feet high. The branches are few, erect, and rarely branching.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from August till April.
REFERENCE.
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1. The empalement magnified. 2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. |