Erica praenitens Tausch

Erect, 1-2 ft. high; branches stout, densely flowered; leaves erect to patent, subflexuous, linear-trigonous, subacute, glabrous, over 2 lin. long; flowers subsessile; bracts approximate, unilateral, linear-subulate, glabrous, 2 1/2-3 lin. long; sepals narrow-lanceolate, long-acuminate, keeled, scarious, very shortly lacerate, 3 lin. long; corolla-tube cylindrical, very slightly inflated, glabrous, dry, 7 lin. long, about 1 1/2 lin. broad; segments ovate, scarcely mealy, 1 1/2 lin. long; anthers oblong, dark, 1/2 lin. long, muticous; pore 1/3 the length of the cell; style at length exserted.