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

REFERENCE.

1. A flower.
2. The chives and pointal, one tip magnified.
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
4. The involucrum.

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ERICA grandinosa.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores in apicibus ramulorum sub-terni, cernui. Corolla campanulata, parva, albida, costata; laciniis oris revolutis. Pedunculi pallide carnei. Calyx duplex, exteriore trifoliato. Folia terna, subtrigona, obtusa, brevia. Caulis pedalis, virgatus, flexuosus, fruticosus. Ramuli patentes.

DESCRIPTION.