Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

In bloom from September till March.

REFERENCE.

1. The empalement and floral leaves.
2. The chives detached from the pointal.
3. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
[Pg 90]

[Pg 93][Pg 92][Pg 91]

ERICA exsurgens, minor.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, sub-exertæ. Flores in medio ramorum verticillati, recti, verticilli alter alteri exsurgentes. Corolla clavato-cylindrica, saturate aurantia, semi-uncialis. Folia sena, linearia, glabra, apice mucronata. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis. Rami erecti, simplices.