Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from September, till May.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement, and Blossom.
2. The Empalement, magnified.
3. The Chives, and Pointal.
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal; one tip magnified.
5. The Shaft, and its Summit magnified.[Pg 137]

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ERICA mammosa.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

Erica, antheris aristatis, inclusis; stylo subincluso; floribus verticillatis, pendulis, ventricoso-cylindricis, supra basin constrictis, profunde violaceo-purpureis; foliis quaternis, linearibus, glabris.