Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from May till January.

REFERENCE.

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

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ERICA globosa.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ inclusæ, basi bicornes. Flores in ultimis ramulis terminates, umbellati, cernui. Pedunculi longissimi, glanduloso-pilosi. Corolla globosa, incarnata; oris laciniis obtusis, incurvatis. Folia terna, spathulata, subtus carinata; marginibus glandulosis, revolutis. Caulis fruticosus, sesquipedalis. Rami et ramuli numerosi, villosi, erecto-patentes.