Flowers from the month of July till October.
REFERENCE.
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1. The Empalement. 2. The Blossom spread open. 3. The Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified. 4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. |
Our figure represents an entire plant from the nursery of Mr. Lee, the only collection in which we have as yet seen this very distinct species of Erica. It is a dwarf shrub (more curious than beautiful), raised from Cape seed about the year 1810, and called E. sanguinolenta; which we have no doubt will be readily superseded by the more appropriate title of pygmæa, by which it may be easily recognised either in or out of bloom.[Pg 175]
