REFERENCE.

1. A Leaf magnified.
2. The Empalement magnified, 3. The Chives detached, with one tip magnified.
4. The Seed-bud and Pointal, with the summit magnified.
5. The Seed-bud magnified[Pg 173].

[Pg 176][Pg 175][Pg 174]

ERICA patens.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

Erica antheris muticis, sub-inclusis, clavatis; floribus terminalibus, ternis; corollis campanulatis, purpureis, tubo brevissimo, laciniis maximis, expansis; foliis ternis, ovalibus, concavis, ciliatis, flaccidis.

DESCRIPTIO.

Caulis futicosus, erectus, bipedalis; rami filiformes, verticillati; ramuli frequentissimi, virgati, patentes.