REFERENCE.

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

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ERICA lachnæa.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ aristatæ, sub-inclusæ. Flores plerumque terni, in capitulis terminalibus. Corolla sub-campanulata, alba; laciniis rotundis, maximis, expansis. Folia terna, carnosa, obtusa, imbricata. Caulis fruticosus, sub-pedalis, ramosus. Rami et ramuli foliis imbricatis involuti.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips bearded, just within the blossom. Flowers chiefly by threes, in terminal heads. Blossom nearly bell-shaped, and white; with the segments round, large, and spreading. Leaves by threes, fleshy, blunt, and tiled. Stem shrubby, near a foot high, and branching. The large and small branches are enveloped by the leaves, which are tiled.