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

REFERENCE.

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

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ERICA margaritacea.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores terminales, subcernui, umbellulati. Corolla urceolata, alba; laciniæ limbi obtusæ, erecto-patulæ. Folia quaterna, lineari-trigona, erecta, glabra. Caulis erectus, sesquipedalis, ramosus. Ramuli frequentissimi, erecti.