Seed-bud turban-shaped, furrowed, and furnished at the base with honey-bearing nectaries.
Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
Flowers during the months of May, June, and July.
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1. A Leaf magnified. 2. The Empalement. 3. A Chive, one tip magnified. 4. Seed-bud and Pointal, summit magnified. 5. Seed-bud magnified. |
This fine plant has ornamented various collections for the last five or six years. In growth it is luxuriant, as we have frequently seen it two feet high, with numerous long flowering branches, at Covent-Garden, amongst many of the most beautiful (if not most rare) Ericas, which are exclusively cultivated for that well-known emporium. It may certainly be considered as one of the finest variations of Erica Linnæa, and as such its hyperbolical specific title may serve to distinguish it from most of the varieties.[Pg 111]
