Pentapera
(from pente, five, and pera, a bag; referring to the five-celled ovary). ORD. Ericaceae. A monotypic genus, the species being an ornamental, half-hardy, evergreen, Heath-like shrub. For culture, see Erica. P. sicula (Sicilian). fl. flesh-coloured or white, sub-terminal, fasciculate, pedicellate, three-bracteate, nodding, rather large for the plant; sepals five, equal, ovate, acute, persistent; corolla marcescent, much larger than the calyx, globose-sub-urceolate, the lobes revolute, contorted. May. l. erecto-patent, verticillate, linear-oblong, obtuse, coriaceous, entire, h. 2ft. Sicily and Malta, 1849. Plant pubescent. SYN. Erica sicula.