Erica involvensBenth. [family ERICACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
Erica involvens
Flora
Entry for ERICA involvens Benth. [family ERICACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 4, page 2, (1909) Author: By H. BOLUS, F. GUTHRIE, and N. E. BROWN.
Names
ERICA involvensBenth. [family ERICACEAE], in DC. Prodr. vii. 619
Information
branches 4 in. or more long; leaves erect, incurved, imbricate, linear, obtuse, glabrous, 1 1/2–2 lin. long; pedicels 1/2 lin. long; bracts approximate, but somewhat lax, sepal-like, but smaller; sepals broad-ovate, subobtuse, thick, rigid, cartilaginous, subviscid, slightly longer than the corolla; corolla broad-cyathiform, viscid, 1 3/4 lin. long; anthers terminal, ovate, very obtuse, tapering at the base, smooth, 3/4– 7/8 lin. long; pore broadly elliptical, 1/2 the length of the cell; stigma subsimple; ovary glabrous. null
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Niven! in Herb. Kew.
Notes
Very near to E. suffulta, and we retain the species with some doubt; but the sepals are broader, especially at the base, anthers much more obtuse; and the flowers larger.