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Erica Persoluta. Blush-Flowered 

 Heath. 



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CA//} j;/i Order. 



OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 



Cat. 4-phyIlus. Cor. 4-fida. Filament a reccptaculo inferta. 

 Anther* binds. C^/. 4-locularis. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



ERICA perfoluta antheris ariftatis inclufis, corollis campanu- 



lads, calycibus ciliatis, foliis quaternis. Linn. Mant. 



p. 230. Ait. Kew. v. 2. p. 17. 

 ERIC A fib din ari cat a. Berf. Cap. 114. 

 ERICA perfoluta ariftata foliis ternis quaternifque tirigonis 



glabris, floribus umbellatis, calice ciliato. c fbunb. 



Prod. PI. Cap. p. 1%. 



The different fpecies and varieties of the African Heaths 

 are now become fo numerous, that there is fcarcely any period 

 of the year in which fome of them may not be found to de- 

 light the eye with their blofibms: the perfoluta here figured is 

 one of thofe which flower early in the fpring; through the 

 months of March, April, and May, its branches are loaded 

 with a profuuon of bright purple flowers, which, joined to the 

 lively verdure of its foliage, places it among the moft de- 

 firable of the tribe. 



If fuffered to grow, it will form a fhrub of confiderable 

 height : there is a variety of it, called alba, whofe flowers 

 are nearly white, yet not wholly diverted of a red tinge ; K> 

 this variety the term blufli-coloured, which Mr. A it on has 

 given to the fpecies, fcems moft applicable. 



This heath was introduced, from the Cape, by Mr. MassoN, 

 in 1774. Ait. Kew. . 



It is increafed without much difficulty from cuttings and 

 is more eafily preferved than many of the others. 



