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 Shaft, and its Summit, magnified.

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ERICA versicolor.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

Erica, antheris muticis, subinclusis; stylo exserto; corollis subcylindraceis, costatis, variè coloratis; foliis ternis.

DESCRIPTIO.

Caulis fruticosus, bipedalis, erectus, attenuatus in apicem; ramis simplicibus.