Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from August till October.

REFERENCE.

1. The empalement magnified.
2. The chives spread open, one tip magnified.
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
4. Seed-bud magnified.

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ERICA setacea.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ basi bicornes, inclusæ. Flores in ultimis ramulis terminales, sub-terni, spicati. Corolla urceolata, glabra, sub-albida, parva. Folia terna, linearia, obtusa, supra sub-scabrida, margine setacea, revoluta. Caulis, rami, et ramuli, filiformes, flexuosi, tenuissime scabri, villosi.