REFERENCE.
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1. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified. 2. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 3. Flower of a red variety. 4. Flower of a pale variety. |
Amongst cultivators, this plant bears the specific titles of aristata minor, and tricolor; neither of them very appropriate, as it does not possess three distinct colours; nor can it with propriety be considered as a variety of the E. aristata: but as it is well known by that appellation, we have retained it. There are two variations of it at present in cultivation with us; a flower of each is given, with the dissections. The pale-flowered variety is from the conservatory of the Marquis of Blandford, and we have not as yet seen it in any other collection. It appears to be a plant of easy culture, and was raised from Cape seed about the year 1806.[Pg 15]
ERICA Bandonia.
CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.