Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

Flowers from December to May.

REFERENCE.

1. The under side of a leaf magnified.
2. The Blossom with the Empalement.
3. The Empalement magnified.
4. The Chives and Pointal expanded, with one tip magnified.
5. The Pointal with the summit magnified.
6. The Seed-bud magnified.[Pg 77]

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ERICA filamentosa.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

Erica, antheris muticis, inclusis; corollis tubuloso-campanulatis, purpureis; floribus verticillatis, axillaribus, subterminalibus, pendulis; pedunculis flores triplo longioribus capillaribus, coloratis; foliis senis, oblique-verticillatis, linearibus, tenuibus, tremulantibus.