Native of the Cape of Good Hope.
In bloom during the summer months.

REFERENCE.

1. Empalement.
2. Chives and pointal, one tip magnified.
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.

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ERICA translucens.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, subinclusæ. Flores ramos terminant, plerumque terni, adscendentes, et patentes. Corolla cylindracea, rosacea, tomentosa, pellucida: laciniis æqualibus, revolutis. Folia terna et quaterna, linearia, brevia, læviter incurvata, trigona, acuta, glabra. Caulis fruticosus, sesquipedalis. Rami numerosi, flexuosi, virgati, filiformes.

DESCRIPTION.