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

REFERENCE.

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

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ERICA petiolata.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, sub-exertæ. Flores terminales, plerumque ternati, sub-erecti. Pedunculi brevissimi. Calyx duplex; exterius triphyllus; interius tetraphyllus foliolis longioribus ad basin late ovatis. Corolla campanulata, alba; laciniis semi-rotundis, patentibusque. Folia terna, patentia, cuneata, latiuscula, crassiuscula, et lucida, petiolis longissimis. Suffrutex pygmæus. Rami patentes. Ramuli numerosi, conferti.