Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom from March till June.
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1. A leaf magnified. 2. The empalement, natural size. 3. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified. 4. Seed-bud and pointal magnified. |
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.