1. A leaf shown from the underside.
2. Upper surface of the same, magnified.
3. The empalement magnified.
4. Seed-bud, chives and pointal, magnified.
5. Seed-bud magnified.

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ERICA laxa.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores parvi, sæpius ternati, in fasciculis terminalibus et lateralibus. Pedunculi brevissimi. Calyx duplex, coloratus, imbricatus. Corolla urceolata, superne rosea, laciniis patulis. Folia ternata, erecta, obtusa, minutim ciliata, subtus sulcata. Caulis fraticosus, ramosus. Rami obsolete verticillati, graciles, flexuosi, cortice ferrugineo-fusco.

DESCRIPTIONS.

Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers small, chiefly in threes, in terminal and lateral branches. Footstalks very short. Empalement double, coloured, and tiled. Blossom pitcher-shaped, rose-coloured above, with slightly spreading segments. Leaves in threes, upright, blunt, minutely ciliated, and furrowed beneath. Stem shrubby, branching. Branches obscurely whorled, slender, and flexuose, with a rusty brown bark.