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Erica propendens

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Name

Identification
Erica propendens Andrews [family ERICACEAE ]
Related name
  • Erica propendens

Flora

Entry for ERICA propendens Andr. [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 propendens Andr. [family ERICACEAE], Col. Heaths, t. 122;—Andr. Heathery, t. 141; Bot. Mag. t. 2140; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 63; Benth. in DC. Prodr. vii. 682.
Information
erect, 12–18 in. high; branches nearly straight, the younger pubescent; leaves 4-nate, erect-spreading, imbricate, linear-trigonous, ciliate, glabrous or hairy, 1–1 1/2 lin. long; flowers 1–4-nate; pedicels 1/2– 3/4 lin. long; bracts approximate, scarious, coloured; sepals obovate, scarious, keel-tipped, sometimes with a long excurrent point, lacerate, coloured, 1 1/2 lin. long; corolla broad-campanulate, pubescent, red, 4–5 lin. long; segments large, erect or spreading, rounded, about 1 lin. long; filaments slightly thickened below the anther; anthers included, dorsifixed near the base, oblong, a little over 1/2 lin. long, dark coloured, muticous; style straight, included; stigma capitellate; ovary 4–8-celled, glabrous, rough. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Caledon Div.; Houw Hoek, 800 ft., Grisbrook in Herb. Guthrie, 2363! near the mouth of the Palmiet River, Bolus, 9935! and without precise locality, Bolus, 5926! 6311! Guthrie, 4579! Niven! Also cultivated specimens!
Notes
This much resembles E. chrysocodon in habit and general appearance; but is perhaps nearer to E. perspicua. Like the latter it has often an 8-celled ovary, though some specimens are 4-celled. One specimen before us with the corolla 5 lin. long may be a hybrid between E. perspicua and some other species; but the calyx is very different.

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