REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement, and Blossom.
2. The Empalement, magnified.
3. The Chives, and Pointal.
4. The Chives detached from the Pointal, one Tip magnified.
5. The Pointal, magnified.[Pg 173]

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ERICA obliqua.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

Erica, antheris basi bicornibus, inclusis; stylo sub-exserto; corollis ovatis, laciniis ovalibus, maximis, erectis; floribus umbellatis, terminalibus, pedunculis pollicaribus; foliis oblique sparsis, truncatis.

DESCRIPTIO.

Caulis fruticosus, pedalis; rami simplices, longi, filiformes.