ERICA Bandonia.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ, stylo exserto. Flores terminant ramos in umbellis quinque ad decem, cum pedunculis longissimis rubris: corollis urceolatis: oris laciniis patentibus, æqualibus. Folia terna, trigona, subulata, supra plana, subtus carinata. Caulis pedalis, fruticosus.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, within the blossom, shaft without. Flowers terminate the branches in umbels of five to ten, with very long red footstalks. Blossoms pitcher-shaped: segments of the border spreading and equal. Leaves by threes, three-sided, and awl-shaped, flat on the upper surface, and keeled beneath. Stem a foot high, and shrubby.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from July till September.
REFERENCE.
1. The empalement. 2. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
