Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from February till June.

REFERENCE.

1. A leaf shown from the underside magnified.
2. The empalement and floral leaves magnified.
3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified.
4. Seed-bud and pointal magnified.

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ERICA palustris.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores terminales, in ramulis lateralibus, plerumque terni, numerosi. Corolla sub-cylindrica, seu potius angustissime campanulata, pubescens, incarnata; laciniis patulis, albidis. Folia quaterna, linearia, obtusa, et pubescentia. Caulis tenuis. Rami tenues et divaricati, ramulis numerosis brevibus.