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

REFERENCE.

1. A leaf.
2. The same shown from beneath, magnified.
3. The empalement.
4. A blossom.
5. Chives and pointal, magnified.
6. Seed-bud, magnified.

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ERICA Solandroides.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ aristatæ, sub-exertæ. Flores in ramis terminales, capitatim aggregati, cernui. Corolla subcylindracea, parva, albens. Folia plerumque quaterna, obtusa, linearia, pilosa, recta, adscendentia: seniora patentia. Caulis sesquipedalis: ramis longis, simplicibus, erectis, vel flexuosis.

DESCRIPTION.