In bloom from April till July.

REFERENCE.

1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified.
2. The blossom.
3. The chives and pointal.
4. A chive magnified.
5. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.
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ERICA Walkeria.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, sub-inclusæ. Flores sessiles, erecti, fastigiati, quaterni, terminales, fere pedunculati. Corolla ventricosa, pellucida, ore arctato, extus pallide sanguineo, intus albo, laciniis expansis maximis. Folia quaterna, nitida, patentia. Caulis fruticosus, spithameus, erectus, ramulis numerosis.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips beardless, within the blossom. Flowers sit close in upright bunches by fours, terminal, with scarcely any footstalks. Blossom swelled out and pellucid; the mouth narrowed, of a pale red without and white within; the segments spreading and large. Leaves by fours, shining, and spreading. Stem shrubby, a span high, upright, with numerous little branches.