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

REFERENCE.

1. The empalement.
2. A chive magnified.
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
4. Seed-bud magnified.

[Pg 97]

[Pg 100][Pg 99][Pg 98]

ERICA nivalis.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores ramulos terminant, plerumque terni, subcernui. Corolla globosa, alba, pilis pubescentibus tecta. Folia ternata, linearia, obtusa, parva, glabra, recta. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis et ultra, erectus, ramosus.

DESCRIPTION.