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

REFERENCE.

1. Empalement.
2. A chive, the tip magnified.
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
4. Blossom of a smaller-flowered variety.

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ERICA ruber calyx.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores ramulos terminant, plerumque quaterni, patentes. Calyx et pedunculus rubri. Corolla mætulæformis, imprimis alba, denique rosacea: oris laciniis erectis. Folia quaterna, linearia, erecto-patentia, obtusa, glabra. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis. Rami numerosi, flexuosi, filiformes.

DESCRIPTION.