Seed-bud pillar-shaped, slender, and two-coloured.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers from the month of March till August.
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1. Empalement magnified. 2. A Leaf magnified. 3. Chives and Pointal, one tip magnified. 4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 5. Seed-bud magnified. |
This fine new species of Erica we have named in honour of the Countess of Northampton, a great admirer and encourager of botanic science. Our drawing was made from plants in the Hammersmith collection, raised from Cape seed about the year 1815. Like many other species, we have found it in bloom in every season of the year; but the most general period of inflorescence for the whole genus is from the middle of spring till the beginning of autumn.[Pg 35]
