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1. The Empalement. 2. A Blossom. 3. The Chives and Pointal. 4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. |
This Erica resembles the E. primuloides in its foliage, also in the shape and colour of the blossom, but differs greatly in the manner of its growth, as the flowers, in this plant, terminate the branches in complex umbells, more like the genus Daphne than Erica.
It is one of those fine seminal varieties raised from Cape seed at the Hammersmith Nursery, and received its specific title in honour of the Earl of Coventry.[Pg 43]
