REFERENCE.

1. The Empalement.
2. Chives and Pointal.
3. The same, with the threads spread open.
4. A Chive magnified, shewn from the hind part.
5. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit, magnified.[Pg 113]

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ERICA hispida.

CHARACTER SPECIFICUS.

Erica antheris muticis, subexsertis; stylo exserto; floribus axillaribus, racemosis, terminalibus; corollis subglobosis, parvulis, glabris, incarnatis; foliis quaternis, obtusis, hispidis, patentibus.

DESCRIPTIO.

Caulis erectus, pedalis; rami et ramuli filiformes, erecti, rigidi, numerosi, verticillati, hispidi.