Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from March till July.

REFERENCE.

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

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ERICA nitida.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores in ramulis terminales, umbellati, terni vel quini, cernui. Pedunculi breves, bracteis tribus calyciformibus adpressis. Corolla ovata, inflata, crystallino-alba, nitida, magnitudine pisi; laciniis revolutis. Folia terna, obtusa, linearia, erecto-patentia. Caulis fruticosus, erectus, sesquipedalis; ramulis numerosis.