REFERENCE.

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

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ERICA Muscari.

DESCRIPTIO.

Antheræ muticæ, inclusæ. Flores luteoli, suaviter olentes, sæpius quaterni, cruciformes, terminales. Corolla oblongo-ovata, summa parte arctata; laciniis æqualibus, revolutis. Folia quaterna, linearia, acuta, glabra, nitida. Caulis fruticosus, sesquipedalis, ramosissimus.

DESCRIPTION.

Tips, beardless, and within the blossom. Flowers yellowish, and sweet-scented, mostly four together, cross-shaped, and terminating the branches. Blossom oblong-egg-shaped, narrowed at the top; with the segments equal, and rolled back. Leaves by fours, linear, pointed, smooth, and shining. Stem shrubby, a foot and a half high, and very branching.