ERICA Templea.
Reading edition
DESCRIPTIO.
Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores in umbellis terminalibus, cernui. Corolla tubulato-ventricosa, pollicaris, læte rubra, ad basin exalbida, sub apice pilosa; oris laciniis magnis, revolutis. Folia plerumque quina, glauca, supra convexa, subtus sulco-exarata, marginibus pilosis. Caulis pedalis. Rami pauci, flexibiles.
DESCRIPTION.
Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers grow in terminal umbels, nodding. Blossom of an inflated tubular form, an inch long, of a bright red colour, whitish at the base, hairy near the end: segments of the border large, and rolled back. Leaves mostly by fives, glaucous, rounded above, and deeply furrowed beneath, with hairy edges. Stem a foot high. Branches few and flexible.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. In bloom from November till March.
REFERENCE.
1. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 2. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
