Tips beardless, and within the blossom. Flowers terminate the branches mostly by threes. Blossom cylindrical, downy, of a pale purple at the base, and white at the mouth. Segments reflexed. Leaves by fours, linear, and pointed, with minutely ciliated margins. Stem a foot and a half high, shrubby. Branches numerous.

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

REFERENCE.

1. The empalement.
2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified.
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.

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ERICA prægnans.

DESCRIPTIO.