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

REFERENCE.

1. The empalement magnified.
2. The chives detached from the pointal.
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.

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ERICA Banksia, purpurea.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, exertæ, longissimæ. Flores in ultimis ramulis terni, cernui; pedunculis brevissimis. Perianthium duplex; exterius triphyllum, interius tetraphyllum; foliolis lanceolatis, rigidis. Corolla cylindrica, luteolo-alba; oris laciniis patentibus, saturate purpureis. Folia terna, subulata, trigona, lucida. Frutex pygmæus, sub-spithamæus, rigidus, ramosissimus.