ERICA princeps.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores speciosi, terminales, in umbellis nutantibus, 6-10-floris. Pedunculi colorati. Calyx lanceolatus, carinatus, ciliatusque. Corolla ovato-clavata, inflata, lævigata, ore arctata, læte rubicunda. Folia quaterna, recurva, late linearia, ciliata, et aristata. Caulis fruticosus, sub-pedalis, ramosus.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers showy, terminal in nodding umbels of 6 to 10 flowers. Peduncles coloured. Cup lance-shaped, keeled, and ciliated. Blossom ovately club-shaped, inflated, and smooth, narrowed at the mouth, and of a glowing red colour. Leaves by fours, recurved, broadly linear, ciliated and aristated. Stem shrubby, near a foot high, and branching.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from May till October.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified. 2. The chives detached, one tip magnified. 3. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified. 4. Seed-bud magnified.
