Erica florifera (Compton) E.G.H.Oliv.

Frutex erectus ramosissimus. Caules tenues, puberuli, internodiis plus minusve elongatis, ramulis lateralibus subfasciculatis. Folia erecto-patentia, 3-nata, lineari-oblonga, sulcata, obtusa, juventute setoso-hispida, subglabrescentia, in caulis principalibus long, ad 3-5 mm., lat. 0.5 mm., in ramulis lateralibus breviora. Flores numerosissimi, in cumulis parvis terminalibus vel lateralibus aggregati. Pedicellus long. 1.3 mm. Bracteae 3, subremotae, infima long. 1-9 mm., alterae long. 0.6 mm., oblongae, scariosae, dorso et marginibus leviter puberulis. Calyx profunde 4-partitus: tubus long. 0.3 mm.; segmenta ovata, patentia, long. 0.7 mm, lat. 0-5 mm., dorso et marginibus puberulis. Corolla rosea, glabra, cyathiformis, base leviter contracta: tubus long. 1.5 mm.: segmenta obtusa, integra, long. 0.4 mm. Stamina 8, libera. Filamenta filiformia, long. 1.2 mm. Antherae fuscae, laeves, bifidae, long. 0.4 mm., aristis longis, pallidis, scabridis. Ovarium in disco parvo oblongo-ovoideum, supra puberulum, loculis 4, uniovulatis, ovulis subapicalibus, pendentibus. Stylus robustus, long. 0.7 mm. Stigma inclusum, obconicum, apice puberula.