No. 389. 
ERICA HUMEANA. 
Class, Order. 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
This heath has been dedicated to Sir 
Abraham Hume, Bárt. of Wormleybury, in 
Hertfordshire, who has long been an en- 
courager of botanical pursuits, and pos- 
sesses one of the best private collections in 
this country. It is a native of the Cape of 
Good Hope, whence it was introduced 
about the year 1808. The spring is its sea- 
son for flowering, and in its appearance it 
resembles the E. xU Int suf- 
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