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

REFERENCE.

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

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ERICA propendens.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores terminales in ramulis lateralibus, pendulis, plerumque binati. Pedunculi colorati. Corolla campamilata, rubro-purpurea, tomentosa; laciniis lato-ovatis, patentibus. Folia quaterna, linearia, pubescentia; seniora reflexa. Caulis fruticosus, sub-pedalis, flexuosus. Rami patentes, ramulis floriferis pendulis.