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

REFERENCE.

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

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ERICA quadrangularis.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores ramulos terminant, terni, quaterni, vel quini, erecti vel patentes. Corolla bicolorata, supra alba, infra incarnata, tubulosa, quadrata, quatuor valvis vel suturis: oris laciniis revolutis. Folia numerosa, sparsa, ensiformia, curvata, adscendentia et patentia, supra plana, subtus sulcata. Caulis sesquipedalis, fruticosus, erectus: ramis et ramulis longis.

DESCRIPTION.