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

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ERICA Sebana, aurantia.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, exertæ, longissimæ. Flores terni, in apice ramulorum, dependentes. Perianthium duplex, imbricatum, membranaceum. Corolla clavata, incurvata, aurea; laciniis limbi obtusis, incurvis. Folia terna, linearia, arcuata, conferta. Caulis robustus, erectus, pedalis. Rami pauci, tecti ramulis confertis brevissimis.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips beardless, without the blossom, and very long. Flowers by threes, at the ends of the small branches, hanging down. Cup double, tiled and skinny. Blossom club-shaped, turned inwards, and orange-coloured; segments of the mouth are blunt, and turned inwards. Leaves by threes, linear, arched, and crowded together. Stem sturdy, upright, a foot high. Branches few, covered by little branches crowded together.