REFERENCE.

1. The under side of a leaf magnified.
2. The empalement magnified.
3. A blossom.
4. The seed-bud, chives and pointal, magnified.

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ERICA spuria.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores in apicibus ramulorum, sub-quaterni. Pedunculi brevissimi, bracteis tribus minutis instructi. Corolla sub-cylindrica, pollicaris, læte purpurea; laciniis sub-ovatis, acutis, revolutis. Folia quaterna, linearia, sub-ciliata, subtus sulcata. Caulis fruticosus, pedalis, ramosus. Ramuli frequentissimi.

DESCRIPTION.