Erica propendens Andrews

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.