1. A leaf magnified.
2. The empalement magnified.
3. A blossom.
4. The chives spread open, one tip magnified.
5. The seed-bud and pointal, summit magnified.

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ERICA baccans.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ cristatæ, inclusæ. Flores terminales, subquaterni, umbellati, nutantes. Pedunculi longi, purpurei, bracteis tribus instructi. Corolla globosa, purpurea, ima quadrata; laciniis æqualibus, erectis. Folia quaterna, glauca, incurvata, subtus sulcata. Caulis fruticosus, erectus, sesquipedalis, ramosissimus. Rami erecti, torti.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips crested, within the blossom. Flowers grow at the ends of the branches, mostly by fours, in bunches, and nodding. The footstalks are long, and purple, having three floral leaves. Blossom globular, purple, and squared at the base: the segments of the border are equal and upright. Leaves by fours, of a whitish green, turned inwards, and furrowed beneath. Stem shrubby, upright, a foot and a half high, very branching. The branches are upright, and twisted.