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

REFERENCE.

1. A Leaf magnified.
2. Empalement magnified.
3. A Chive magnified.
4. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.

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ERICA Echiflora purpurea.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores terminales, dense verticillati, horizontales. Corolla tubulosa, brevis, inflata, costata, instar Echii; oris laciniis patentibus, cordatis. Folia irregulariter verticillata, quina vel sena, linearia, acuta. Caulis fruticosus, sesquipedalis.

DESCRIPTION.