Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from the month of October, till March.

REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement, and Blossom.
2. The Empalement, magnified.
3. The Chives, and Pointal.
4. A Chive, magnified.
5. The Pointal, magnified.
Obs. It is allied to the E. comosa[Pg 257].

[Pg 260][Pg 259][Pg 258]

ERICA thymifolia.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

Erica, antheris bicornibus inclusis, corollis axillaribus solitariis urceolatis, foliis ternatis cordato-ovatis ciliatis.