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ERICA flammea.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores in ramulis terminales, racemum formantes prope caulis summitatem. Corolla tubiformis, sub-pollicaris, pallide lutea; apice sub-albidâ. Folia terna, sæpe quaterna, obtusa, linearia. Caulis erectus, bipedalis. Ramuli filiformes, virgati.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers terminating the small branches, making a long spike near the summit of the stem. Blossom trumpet-shaped, near an inch long, of a pale yellow; the end whitish. Leaves by threes, often in fours, blunt, and linear. Stem upright, two feet high. Branches thread-shaped, and twiggy.


Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

In bloom from October till February.

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