ERICA Sainsburyana.
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheris aristatis, inclusis. Flores ramos terminant in umbellis. Corolla metulæformis, saturate carnea. Pedunculi longissimi, filiformes, rubri; bracteis tribus distantibus: calycis foliolis lanceolatis, coloratis, adpressis. Folia terna, linearia, longa, petiolis longis adpressis. Caulis fruticosus, sesquipedalis: ramis longis, simplicibus, adscendentibus.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips bearded, within the blossom. Flowers terminate the branches in umbels. Blossoms skittle-shaped, and of a deep flesh-colour. Footstalks very long, thread-shaped, and red, with three floral leaves set at a distance on them: leaflets of the cup lance-shaped, coloured, and pressed to the blossom. Leaves by threes, linear, and long; with long footstalks pressed to the stem. Stem shrubby, a foot and a half high. Branches long, simple, and ascending.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from June till September.
REFERENCE.
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1. The empalement. 2. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified, |