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

REFERENCE.

1. The under side of a leaf.
2. The empalement magnified.
3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified.
4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
5. Seed-bud magnified.

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ERICA tenuiflora.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores in ultimis ramulis quaterni, patentes; pedunculis brevissimis. Perianthium duplex; exterius triphyllum; foliolis lanceolatis; interius tetraphyllum, longius. Corolla tubæformis, tenuissima, lutea; oris laciniis acuminatis, patentibus. Folia terna et quaterna, linearia, erecta. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis, debilis. Rami et ramuli virgati.