Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from September till March.

REFERENCE.

1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified.
2. The chives and pointal.
3. The same spread open, one tip magnified.
4. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.

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ERICA glutinosa, minor.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores sub apicibus ramorum, conferti, verticillato-horizontales. Pedunculi breves, bracteis tribus, viscosis, calyci adpressis. Corolla cylindrica, semiuncialis, pallide viridis, glutinosissima, nitida, et costata. Folia sena, linearia, acuminata, patentia. Caulis erectus, sesquipedalis; rami simplices, longi, verticillati.