REFERENCE.

1. The empalement and floral leaves magnified.
2. The chives detached, one tip magnified.
3. Seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.

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ERICA Petiveriana, hirsuta.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, exertæ, longissimæ. Flores terminales in ramulis lateralibus, sub-terni, penduli, incurvi, pedunculis brevibus. Corolla clavata, incurva, uncialis, læte et lucide rubra, basi tumida, quadrifida. Folia ternata, subulata, hirsuta. Caulis erectus, sesquipedalis, inferne ramulis numerosis instructus.

DESCRIPTION.