Erica velitaris Salisb.

Branches 13 in. long or more; leaves erect or spreading, linear-trigonous, thin, acute, subglabrous, 2 1/2 lin. long; pedicels 1-1 1/2 lin. long; bracts subremote, the lower long and leaf-like; sepals linear from an ovate subscarious base, acuminate, upper part foliaceous; corolla subcyathiform, mouth about equal, 'pubescent, 2 1/2-3 lin. long' (Salisbury), glabrescent, 2 lin. long; segments about 1/3 as long as the tube; anthers included, oblong, smooth, glabrous, a little over 2/5 lin. long, with slender rough awns about as long as the cell; style included; stigma capitate; ovary glabrous.