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

REFERENCE.

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

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ERICA vernex.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores laterales, plerumque ternati, cernui, speciosi. Corolla sub-globosa, glutinosissima, et lucida, colore aureo, limbo saturate viridi, laciniis erectis. Folia ternata, sub-trigona, supra plana, subtus sulco exarata. Caulis erectus, pedalis et ultra: ramulis ternis, verticillatis.

DESCRIPTION.