Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

In bloom from June till September.

REFERENCE.

1. The empalement magnified.
2. The chives and pointal.
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
4. The seed-bud magnified.
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ERICA comosa, rubra.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores in ramulis terminales. Pedunculi brevissimi. Corolla ventricosa, carnea, basi inflata, apice arctata. Folia quaterna, obtusa, parva, glabra. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis, ramosus. Rami erecti, virgati, numerosi.