Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of May till August.
REFERENCE.
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1. A leaf. 2. The Empalement magnified. 3. A Chive magnified. 4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 5. Seed-bud magnified. |
The Erica pumila is a new species, and very distinct from any with which we are at present acquainted. Our figure represents the entire plant, just as we received it growing in a pot. It was first raised at the Hibbertian collection in 1805, by Mr. Knight, with whom it has flowered this summer, for the first time in England. From the very small size, and slow growth of all the plants of this species as yet in cultivation with us, we are inclined to think it will not at any future period assume a gigantic appearance; but will most likely, continue to retain a claim to the specific appellation of pumila.[Pg 171]
