Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

In bloom from February till July.

REFERENCE.

1. The empalement.
2. A flower divested of its empalement.
3. The chives detached from the pointal.
4. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
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ERICA nigrita.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, exertæ, atræ. Flores in apicibus ramulorum terminales, sub-terni. Corolla campanulata, albida; laciniis oris revolutis, et tubo majoribus. Folia terna, glabra, nitida, sub-triquetra, obtusa, crassa. Caulis fruticosus, erectus, pedalis. Rami et ramuli frequentissimi, sub-erecti, virgati.