Entry for ERICA cubica Bolus var. β, coronifera [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 cubicaBolus var. β, coronifera [family ERICACEAE]
ERICA coroniferaBenth. [family ERICACEAE], in DC. Prodr. vii. 683.
Information
branches pallid, leaf-cushions decurrent, prominent; leaves squarrose or decurved, incurved, 3–5 lin. long; pedicels subsetaceous, 7–9 lin. long; bracts subapproximate or remote; sepals suborbicular and scarious at the base, with a long foliaceous point, the whole 2 1/2 lin. long, reaching from 3/4 to the height of the corolla; anthers oblong, acuminate, somewhat longer and proportionately narrower and rougher than in the type, pale brown, nearly 1 lin. long. null
