Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of June, till November.
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 Summit, the Summit magnified. |
| 6. The Seed-bud, magnified.[Pg 197] |
ERICA pubescens.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.
Erica, antheris aristatis, inclusis; stylo sub-exserto; corollis ovatis, pubescentibus; foliis quaternis, arcuatis, incurvatis, hirtis; caule piloso.