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1. The empalement. 2. A chive magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 4. Seed-bud magnified. |
ERICA Ollula.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ aristatæ, tortæ, inclusæ. Flores conferti, fasciculati, terminales: pedunculis longissimis, rubris: bracteis duabus distantibus. Corolla urceolata, saturate carnea, oris laciniis patentibus. Folia sparsa, longa, linearia: petiolis longis. Caulis sub-pedalis, fruticosus: ramis longis, adscendentibus.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips bearded and twisted, within the blossom. Flowers crowded together in bunches at the ends of the branches: footstalks very long and red, with two floral set at a distance on them. Blossom pitcher-shaped, and of a deep flesh colour: segments of the border spreading. Leaves scattered, long and linear: footstalks long. Stem near a foot high, and shrubby: branches long and ascending.
