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

REFERENCE.

1. A leaf magnified.
2. The empalement, natural size.
3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified.
4. Seed-bud and pointal magnified.

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ERICA perspicua.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores ramos terminant, plerumque terni. Corolla cylindracea, pubescens, ad basin pallide purpurea, ore alba: laciniis reflexis. Folia quaterna, linearia, acuta, marginibus minute ciliatis. Caulis sesquipedalis, fruticosus. Rami numerosi.

DESCRIPTION.