REFERENCE.

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

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ERICA cruenta.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ aristatæ, inclusæ. Flores in ramulis brevissimis terminales, prope caulis summitatem, quasi formantes cuspidem longum. Corolla clavato-cylindrica, glabra, nitida, cruenta, pollicaris; oris laciniis rectis, obtusis. Pedunculi longi. Folia terna et quaterna, linearia, glabra, patentia. Caulis fruticosus, bipedalis, erectus. Rami erecti, ramulis numerosis.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips bearded, and within the blossom. The flowers terminate the very short branches near the summit of the stem, forming as it were a long bunch or spike. Blossom cylindrically club-shaped, smooth, shining, of a blood colour, and an inch long. The segments of the border are obtuse, and straight out. Footstalks long. Leaves by threes or fours, linear, smooth, and spreading. Stem shrubby, two feet high, and upright. The branches are upright, with numerous small branches.