ERICA Coventrya.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ; flores sessiles, fasciculates terminales; corollis ventricosus rubris; laciniis cordatis expansis, albis, subtus læte rubris; folia plerumque quaternæ, linearia; caulis humilis, fruticosus; ramuli numerosi.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, within the blossom; flowers sessile, in terminal bunches; blossom bellied, and red; segments of the border, are heart-shaped, spreading and white, of a bright red on the under side; leaves mostly by fours, linear; stem low and shrubby, with numerous small branches.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from July till September.
REFERENCES.
1. The empalement, magnified. 2. The chives and pointal. 3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
