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

REFERENCE.

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

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ERICA vestita, incarnata.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores aggregatim verticillati, supra medium ramulorum. Pedunculi breves, bracteis tribus foliiformibus instructi. Corolla clavata, uncialis, basin versus albicans, superne læte rosea. Folia sena, septena, vel octona, erecta, aggregata, linearia, in petiolos capillares deorsum attenuata, et inde pereleganter tremulosa. Caulis erectus, bipedalis; ramis simplicibus.