In bloom from February till July.

REFERENCE.

1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified.
2. The chives and pointal.
3. A chive magnified.
4. The seed-bud and pointal magnified.
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ERICA pinea.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Corolla tubuloso-clavata, sub-albida. Flores in medio ramorum verticillati, horizontales, pollicares. Folia sena, linearia, glabra, patentia, longissima. Caulis erectus, bipedalis, robustus. Rami verticillati, erecto-patentes.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips beardless, within the blossom, which is tubularly club-shaped, and nearly white. Flowers grow in whorls about the middle of the branches, horizontal, an inch in length. Leaves by sixes, linear, smooth, spreading outward, very long. Stem upright, two feet high, very stout. Branches in whorls, spreading, upright.