Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from September, till March.

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.

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ERICA flexuosa.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

Erica, antheris muticis, exsertis, rubris; corollis minutis, albidis, sub-campanulatis; bractæ albæ, calyciformes; rami flexuosi; foliis ternis.