Native of the Cape of Good Hope.

In bloom from November till April.

REFERENCE.

1. The empalement and blossom.
2. The empalement and floral leaves magnified.
3. The chives detached from the pointal, one tip magnified.
4. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
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ERICA tubiflora.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, sub-inclusæ. Flores sub-solitarii, sessiles, terminales, clavato-cylindracei, curvati, pubescentes. Folia quaterna, tenuia, obtusa, ciliata, subtus sulcata. Caulis flexibilis, erectus. Rami sparsi, filiformes, frequentes, villosi.